The 'Exits' are Coming; Billionaires In Space; Finnovating for Africa; Bye Phylicia?
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Wishing you a Happy 4th of July if you're in the US or American!
Robinhood files to go public. Twitter's giving away NFTs. Phylicia Rashad apologizes to students after voicing support for Bill Cosby's release. Richard Branson plans to beat Jeff Bezos to sub-orbital trip. TikTok embraces longer videos. Slack is rolling out a new feature called Huddles, an audio-first experience.
INSIGHTS
People Who Brag About Being in Back-to-Back Meetings Deeply Misunderstand Productivity
-Tim Denning / Medium
The 'Exits' are Coming: Africa's Opening Act
-Juan Gabriel / The Next Billion
To sustain diversity, investors must tune into their unconscious biases
-April Dominguez, Nikki Dominguez / TechCrunch
How to bring an operating model to life (and keep it alive)
-Josefin Graebe
Women’s Forum Barometer Edition 2021: for an inclusive recovery in the G7 countries
-Women’s Forum
Finnovating for Africa: Reimagining the African financial services landscape Report
-Disrupt Africa
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
NewVoicesFamily + Target Accelerators $100,000 Virtual Pitch Competition. Apply for a chance to be one of 10 finalists to compete. Deadline July 14, 2021.
Apply for Cross-Creathon Paris-Eindhoven 2021 on « Sustainable urban design in the face of the health crisis, a potential people-centred solution? » before July 18, 2021.
Nominations are open for Fortune 40 Under 40. Fortune's annual ranking of the most influential young people in business is open to 40 influential people in each of five categories: finance, technology, healthcare, government and politics, and media and entertainment. Deadline July 19, 2021.
Backing the B.A.R. Acceleration Grant (Round 2) is a program developed by the NAACP and BACARDI to provide dedicated support to Black-owned businesses in the beverage-alcohol service, sales and hospitality industries. Deadline July 30, 2021.
Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator provides access to capital, business guidance, mentorship, and marketing support to help Black business owners succeed as sellers in Amazon’s store. Apply by July 29, 2021.
Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge: Improving Access to Care. The nurse innovators with the best idea(s) will receive up to $100,000 in grant funding and access to mentoring from experts. Deadline August 6, 2021.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
Illuminate: A Hopin Experience, July 7, 2021.
The Ocean Solutions Accelerator 4th Wave Demo Day, July 8, 2021.
TechCabal Live with Faith Keza: How can African countries fully digitize their economies? July 9, 2021.
TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising, July 8-9, 2021.
FinTech Week London, July 12-16, 2021.
Show The Code | Tech Nation Upscale Edition #2, July 13, 2021.
The odyssey of hiring tech talent in Latin America, July 14, 2021.
East Africa FinTech Bootcamp Demo Day 2021, July 14, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
‘No one has waited longer’: trailblazing female pilot Wally Funk will go to space with Bezos.
All UK hairdressers to learn to cut and style Afro hair as standard – in beauty regulations update.
The U.S. will add a 3rd gender option on passports.
Pinterest bans weight loss ads.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Peanut, a women’s social network, launched StartHER, a microfund to invest in pre-seed stage startups.
Visible Hands receives $750,000 philanthropic contribution from JPMorgan Chase.
LVMH names Vanessa Moungar Chief Diversity Officer.
FairMoney, a Nigeria-based fintech startup that offers users credit via cards or on an app has raised $42 million in Series B funding.
Daylight, a banking platform by and for LGBTQ+ people and allies raised $5 million.
UNC board grants tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones amid outcry from Black faculty and students.
Accel closes on $3 billion across three funds as it ramps up global investing.
Doritos commits $5 million to amplify the voices of Black innovators and creators.
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