The Great Green Opportunity; Rest in Power Bell Hooks; Al Desko Dining; Happy Holidays!
A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
Welcome to Issue #74 of For Colored Girls Who Tech, a weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to partner with us or share stories, tips, or questions. If you enjoy our content, we encourage you to like this post above and share it with your community!
Happy Holidays everyone,
We hope that you have a happy, safe and restful end of the year. We’ll take our annual break after this issue and will see you back on January 16, 2022! :-)
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INSIGHTS
How PE firm Blackstone used an unorthodox pitch to land the $1.2 billion Spanx deal—and keeps turning female founders into billionaires
-Emma Hinchliffe / Fortune
Africa’s Great Green Opportunity
-Nicholas Norbrook, Patrick Smith / The Africa Report
How are Black & Latina Women Investors Breaking into VC?
-Harlem Capital
State of Climate Tech 2021: Scaling breakthroughs for net zero
-PWC
Creator coins & the future of income
-Mercedes Bent /Lightspeed Venture Partners
PitchBook’s Guide to Your Pitch: A fundraising guide for emerging managers
-PitchBook
Digital Transformation in Africa Requires Homegrown Solutions
-Elo Umeh / Harvard Business Review
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Win a brand revamp worth $20,000! Need a hand branding your new tech venture or think your brand could use a refresh? London-based marketing agency bbp helps start-ups to Fortune 500s build their brands, and they’re offering their services pro bono to help a tech entrepreneur of color get their business seen and heard. To be considered for this exciting opportunity, simply click here to answer a few quick questions. Apply by December 20, 2021.
Andreessen Horowitz’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) Fund is a 6-month long accelerator program created for ambitious, underserved founders who have great ideas but lack the typical Silicon Valley startup background and resources. Apply by December 31, 2021.
European VC Salary Survey - 2021, powered by InnovatorsRoom. Fill out anonymous survey if you are a full-time venture capital investor based in Europe and want to help increase salary transparency.
Applications for Cohort 3 of The Greenhouse, a 12-month innovation programme for climate positive technology startups that offers early-stage ("pre-seed") entrepreneurs access to business coaching with experienced professionals, a range of masterclasses, free workspace and equity-free grant funding. Due January 14, 2022.
Vision Health Pioneers Incubator, the Berlin-based early-stage startup program that supports first-time founders in healthcare, is now accepting applications for 2022-2023! In a 10-month program, entrepreneurs are supported with training, free co-working space, business opportunities and equity-free scholarship funding of up to €80k per team. Apply by January 15, 2021.
Female Founders is offering a 3-months investment readiness accelerator program for female-led ventures that Shape the World of Tomorrow. If you are looking to raise investment and benefit from an equity-free preparation program, apply until January 20, 2022.
ProVeg Incubator is accepting applications to a 12-week tailor-made programme, up to €250,000 in funding, expert mentoring, access to extensive global networks and much more. Apply by January 31, 2021
The 9th edition of the LVMH Prize is open to designers under 40 who have produced at least two collections of womenswear or menswear, or two genderless collections and is dedicated to designers from all over the world. Applications until January 30, 2022.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Webinar: SPRIND Challenge, Carbon-to-Value. You think you have found a way to store atmospheric CO2 in long-lasting and valuable products? Learn about the goals of this Challenge, its fast & unbureaucratic funding mechanism, how they support participating teams and how the application process works. December 21, 2021.
Founder's Spotlight (Network with startups founders and mentors) by Rescale Lab, December 23, 2021.
4th Annual Ghana Tech Summit 2021 (Digital & Live), December 28, 2021.
What Yabacon Valley can learn from the Start-Up Nation. A discussion on the Israel Tech Ecosystem and the importance and future of Israeli & African Tech collaboration. January 4, 2022.
Ocean Plastic Virtual Summit. A new event created to bring together the emerging ocean plastic industry, to learn and network. January 25, 2022.
Africa Agribusiness + Food Summit 2022. The theme is Accelerating agriculture and agribusiness investment, innovation, technology, productivity, development of food value chains and market systems. January 27, 2022.
ON OUR RADAR
Millennials and Gen Z are planning to spend thousands on cryptocurrency, NFTs and metaverse land as holiday gifts.
Creators Are Mostly Women. Where’s the Money For Women-Led Creator Startups?
Zimbabwe’s climate migration is a sign of what’s to come.
The New Language of the Office, From al Desko Dining to Zoombies.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alitheia Capital, Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of their $100 million fund.
Forbes, The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2021.
Sharon Bowen was named as chair of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), becoming the first Black woman to hold the role at the Wall Street fixture.
Kofi Amoo-Gottfried was elevated to first-ever chief marketing officer for DoorDash.
Michael Jordan and his Son Jeffrey Jordan launch Heir Inc., an entertainment and tech venture geared around athletes.
All Raise, founded over three years ago to accelerate success for female founders, has expanded its board beyond the venture community and added three new board members.
Kevin Liles-Led 300 Entertainment Sells To Warner Music For $400Million.
African Development Bank Board approves $170 million for investment in Nigeria’s digital and creative start-ups.
Leena Nair named global CEO of French fashion group Chanel.
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