Pause Café @Web Summit; McDonalds launch McRib NFT; Pitch HBCU
A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
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Welcome to Issue #67 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!
I’m co-hosting an event at Web Summit! If you are also attending, please join me and a fabulous group of women investors hailing from all corners of Europe for a Pause Café on Tuesday, 2nd of November at 2PM. If you can’t come to the event, find me on the conference web app!
INSIGHTS
Why Sequoia is blowing up a 50-year-old financing model
-James Thorne & Marina Temkin / PitchBook
The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work for Them
-Emma Goldberg / New York Times
So you want to be an LP?
-Recast Capital
Forget Flexibility. Your Employees Want Autonomy.
-Holger Reisinger and Dane Fetterer / Havard Business Review
Tech company diversity reports are more important than ever
-Biz Carson / Protocol
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
22 On Sloane Accelerator-The Catalytic programme. Designed to support high impact digital startups across Africa to start, launch, commercialise and scale in pre-seed and seed stages. Apply now.
The $100,000 Veteran Pitch Competition (Online Event). Six finalists will pitch to win a $100,000 investment from FI fund partners. All military affiliated entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply by November 7, 2021.
Bubble For Startups programme to help give startups the opportunity to boost your employee offering with hybrid work friendly childcare at zero cost. £1000 Bubble Credits To Supercharge Your Startup’s Childcare Offering. Apply now.
GenZ Emerging Fund Accelerator. Sutton Capital is accepting applications for their 4-week program which teaches VC fundamentals: fundraising strategies, portfolio construction & more. Apply by November 14, 2021
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Open Access Hour with Included VC. Hear from Included VC alumni to learn about their Included VC experience. Ask all of your questions about Included VC's Fellowship. November 1, 2021.
Beauty Independent In Conversation - Small Growth Investors, November 3, 2021.
PitchBook Webinar: Private market trends and the rise of IPO activity, November 3, 2021.
Keeping up in the VC game, understanding the market with a breakdown of the data panel at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, November 5, 2021.
The State of the Venture Industry: Interactive Q&A with Jason Calacanis, November 3, 2021.
2021 Universities in Berlin (Germany) - Plug and Play Tech Center University Alumni Pitch event, November 3, 2021
LaaS Fireside: Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad) & Lolita Taub, November 15, 2021.
Stockholm Creative Tech Week-- a city-wide event where Stockholm will be highlighted as a stage for creativity for international and local investors. November 26-30, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
Over 95% In Hong Kong Want To Try Cell-Based Meat and Seafood: Study
Ms. Foundation focuses funds on groups led by minority women.
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion potential of NFTs.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jay Z's Marcy Venture Partners has closed its second fund with $325 million.
For(bes) The Culture Announces Inaugural 50 Champions List.
Nordic Foodtech Venture Capital closes first fund at €42 million
19 Black women who've raised more than $1 million in VC funding — a rare and difficult feat.
McDonald’s is launching 10 NFTs for the release of the McRib.
Impossible Foods Eyes $7 Billion Valuation in Fundraising.
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