Companies rarely grow into their valuations; Imagine a Place; Operators Are The New ‘It’ VCs.
A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
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INSIGHTS
Companies Rarely Grow Into Their Valuations
-Nnamdi Iregbulem
Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions
-Economist
A deep, deep dive on Discord
-Packy McCormick xThe Generalist
Operators Are The New ‘It’ VCs: 10 Lessons On Making The Transition
-Deena Shakir
Something Ventured: Female-Founded U.S. Venture Firms On Track To Raise Over $7B In 2021
-Gené Teare / Crunchbase
Report: How could last mile delivery evolve to sustainably meet customer expectations?
-Accenture
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Calm Company Fund scout program is live! The overarching goal is for the scout program to be an explicit on-ramp to becoming an investor at Calm Company Fund. Apply now.
On Deck Community Builders (ODCB) is a continuous membership for experienced leaders who want to supercharge their communities by refining their knowledge and working within a vetted peer network. Apply for 3rd cohort by January 14, 2021.
Hustle Fund Angel Squad 5 - Applications are now open to join a community of new angels who want to learn how to angel invest from Hustle Fund, as well as invest alongside them in deals from their fund! Apply now.
The AFRICAN TECH VISION is a non-profit organization supporting early-stage female tech founders by providing access to high-quality mentors. Become a mentor or mentee by applying today.
Hack.Diversity is always on the lookout for the best and brightest mentors to help guide Fellows and company partners throughout the year. What that support looks like may be different depending on who you are. Apply by December 6, 2021.
GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience & Adaptation. Fund will help accelerate the testing, adoption and scalability of digital innovations that enable the world’s most vulnerable populations to adapt, anticipate and absorb the negative impacts of climate change. Apply by January 9, 2021.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Learn How to Angel Invest In Startups. A 4-hour live workshop taught by Jason Calacanis, an angel investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 with early investments in Uber, Calm, Robinhood, Wealthfront & more. November 15, 2021.
AMA: DivInc + Mercury, at The Ion “What Makes a Strong Founding Team?" November 15, 2021.
Latinx GP Showcase, LATAM Perspectives and Opportunities, November 16, 2021.
Branding and Finance Workshop for Startup Founders, November 17, 2021.
YCombinator: The Aspiring Founders Forum - a virtual event for women who aspire to become startup founders and want to learn from inspiring, successful entrepreneurial women. November 17, 2021.
Berlin Newcomer Startup final pitching and award ceremony. November 23, 2021.
10th Badhouse Ventures Pitch+Learn event, A friendly pitch competition for early-stage startup founders + wisdom from the trenches. November 25, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work.
The 10,000 faces that launched an NFT revolution.
VCs are racing to pay more to get smaller pieces of less profitable companies.
Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. It’s history.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Elise Smith, CEO and co-founder of Praxis Labs raised a $15.5M Series A round.
Rachel Ten Brink launched Red Bike Capital, a Latina-led seed-stage fund based in New York investing in Fintech, E-commerce Infrastructure and Consumer Tech.
Malik Ducard has becomes the first chief content officer of Pinterest after a decade at YouTube.
Claire Chang, founding general partner of IgniteXL Ventures, closed on her first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry.
AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games, raised a $14M Series A.
MFS Africa raised a $100M Series C to expand its digital payments gateway across the region.
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