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Welcome to Issue #55 of For Colored Girls Who Tech, a weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem. We are a community-centric newsletter so 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 Juneteenth! Klarna is now worth $45.6 billion. Apple announces iCloud+ with privacy-focused features. Roblox has a Nazi problem. Jeff Bezos is going to space!
INSIGHTS
Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Pre-Seed
-Philip Specht, Alexandra Woodman/ SpeedInvest
Farewell, Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy
-Kevin Roose / NY Times
Why big tech will ultimately own e-commerce
-Mike Angell / Carted
Not Niche! The Underserved Communities Market by the Numbers
-Aubrie Pagano (Alpaca VC) and Lolita Taub (The Community Fund)
US VC Manager Style Drift
-PitchBook
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
The Social Venture Incubator from the University of Cambridge has expert business advice, training and networking for social ventures with a strong social mission at the core of their businesses. Apply by June 21, 2021.
The Zinc Venture Builder programme is a full time, 12-month programme that exists to build brand new companies that tackle the biggest social challenges in the developed world. The programme is designed to be Mission-led for pre-team & pre-idea individuals. Apply by June 25, 2021.
ThoughtWork’s new Social Change Lab will provide free technology advisory and development support for up to four not-for-profit organisations in the UK. Apply by July 9, 2021.
Calling all Black founders building the next billion-dollar company and creating innovative solutions. Submit your company as a startup to watch on The Plug.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
INNOPOWER Minority Business Week presented by Eleven Fifty Academy and JPMorgan Chase, June 14-18, 2021.
All Raise: It takes Two. Learn about Amanda DoAmaral’s founder journey, raising her Series A, having Kimmy on her cap table, and the future of Edtech. June 15, 2021.
Closing the Gap: Fostering Diversity in Venture Capital hosted by The Information and Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs. June 17, 2021.
Investing And Fundraising in HealthTech and FemTech, Putting the user at the heart of the product. June 17, 2021.
Mutual Black Founder Accelerator Premiere Night. June 17, 2021.
Startup Insight-Understanding VC Investment in Africa. June 18, 2021.
Overcoming Structural Barriers for Women in Entrepreneurship: A Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. June 21-22, 2021.
Black Queer Founders: Taking Action for Change, June 23, 2021.
MeetFounders UK/Europe VC Conference! June 28-29, 2021.
An Honest Conversation on Resilience & Mental Wellbeing as a Female Founder hosted by Antler, June 29, 2021.
Female Founders Grow F Demo Day #5, July 1, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration.
VC Pledged to 'Do Better' on Diversity. It's Barely Changed.
Founder Of The RealReal Julie Wainwright Proves Unicorns Aren’t Just For Young Tech Bros.
Neck-Zapping Gadget Reduced All-Nighter Fatigue in New Study.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
United Airlines has started a corporate venture-capital fund that will invest in emerging companies related to travel.
Alexis Ohanian’s new VC Firm, Seven Seven Six, launches with $150 Million fund.
Mastercard announced the launch of a new Start Path track, a program designed to support “traditionally underrepresented FinTech founders” as part of its $500 million commitment.
Steve Pamon joins IMAX Board.
Creative 100: Media Innovators- The broadcasters, publishers and podcasters rising to prominence in an ever more multifaceted field.
Salonica Maroon, which specialises in social impact investing has just launched a new £75m fund aimed at tackling the diversity problem.
Screendoor is a new $50 million fund that will back 15 underrepresented investors raising their first institutional fund, all while providing formal and informal training and support without drawing carry or fees.
Brazil’s Nubank raised $750 million, representing Latin America's largest single fintech funding round.
Altitude Lab launches investor coalition to fund and mentor underrepresented health tech founders in Utah.
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