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A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women (and our allies) highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
Welcome to Issue #72 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!
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INSIGHTS
The NFT Market Is Exploding And Women Are Taking Charge
-Jane Hanson / Forbes
The Hot New Trend For Hedge Funds Is—Finally—Female Founders
-Katherine Burton, Nishant Kumar and Hema Parmar / Financial Times
Beauty in the metaverse: Where it’s heading
-Vogue
The Race To A $100 Billion European Scale-up
-Raphaëlle d'Ornano / Medium
DAOs, A Canon
-Sonal Chokshi, Zoran Basich, and Guy Wuollet / A16
The State of Tech & Culture: New Space
-MAC Venture Capital
A City Finding Itself: How Berlin’s Startup Ecosystem Evolved
-Anaís Cisneros / Included VC
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Wray Forward: a multi-year, free programme of workshops, coaching sessions, networking events and pitching opportunities to champion the forward movement of Black businesses all over the UK. Register your interest.
The GROW Impact Accelerator is designed to open new markets for international startups looking to expand into Asia, and for regional startups to launch on the global stage. Apply by January 10, 2021.
The Equitable Innovations Accelerator (EIA) - a program fueling the start-up community at the earliest stage of business development. It will prioritize entrepreneurs from historically marginalized communities and provide 10 tech start-ups with up to $100K in non-dilutive philanthropic grants, programming, and access to mentors and coaches. Apply by December 6, 2021.
Receive $50,000 for carbon capture research! If you’re a researcher or a student working on new carbon capture technology and could use some funding, submit your application by sending a one-page proposal describing your proposed or current project details and how you would use the funding by December 10, 2021.
Harvard Business School's Africa Business Conference launched applications for the New Venture Competition, where early-stage founders can win up to $15,000 in non-dilutive funding. The competition will take place on March 25-26th. Apply by December 19, 2021.
Become a mentor in the virtual 2022 VC4A Mentor-Driven Capital Program in Egypt. If you are a business professional, entrepreneur, or aspiring Angel Investors in Egypt, apply by December 20, 2021
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Unlocking the Chinese market for alternative protein - from regulation to commercialization, December 7, 2021.
Using our Power to Advance Equity: Learnings from Uncharted's Recruitment and Selection Process, December 8, 2021.
Concours de Pitch - hosted by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development & Women In Africa. Discover 10 women entrepreneurs from Morocco, December 8, 2021.
Disability LIVE: The Opportunity of a Billion - Disability Lens Investment, December 8, 2021.
London Tech Summit 2021Webinar: How tech leaders are tackling the climate crisis, December 8, 2021.
Climate Action Portfolio Programme - Pitching Event, December 9, 2021.
StartLife Accelerate, Fall 2021. The graduation of nine promising agrifoodtech startups of the StartLife Accelerate Fall 2021 Cohort. December 9, 2021.
How to make the most out of your CES 2022? Getting ready for the CES? Join a session on best practices December 10, 2021.
BLCK VC is hosting a Virtual End of the Year Party for the BLCK VC Community on December 15, 2021.
African Tech Vision has open applications for an entrepreneurship and mentorship programme to support the growth of female-founded startups. Apply by December 15, 2021.
Afritech Temp Check - 2022 Prediction. What do you think the future of the African tech ecosystem is? Write in your predictions for 2022. Take the survey.
ON OUR RADAR
NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. to receive his Rams salary in Bitcoin.
Netflix Invests $100 Million in Black-Led Banks to Help Narrow Racial Wealth Gap.
Jack Dorsey’s Square changes its name to Block
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Canary, a Brazilian VC, raised a $100 million new fund for Latin America.
The Bloomberg 50: The People Who Changed Global Business in 2021.
Glorify, an ambitious app for Christians, just landed $40 million in Series A funding led by a16z.
R.I.P. Virgil Abloh, fashion designer and Off-White founder
Forbes 30 under 30 List 2022.
Susan Arnold has been elected to chair the board of Walt Disney, the first female to take the role in the entertainment giant's 98-year history.
Republic to acquire Seedrs in ~$100M deal to create the first global private investment platform and will commit substantial capital to drive growth in the UK and Europe.
Josephine Baker is inducted into the French Pantheon
Speedinvest announced a €80m Climate & Industry Opportunity fund to not only support their existing sustainability-orientated startups, but also selected non-portfolio startups that are accelerating European industry efforts to digitise and decarbonise.
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