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Happy new month, Happy November!
We are entering the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign. For all of my US readers, please VOTE! Meanwhile on the other side of the pond, England is set to join France and Germany in a second national lockdown until early December amid surging COVID-19 cases.
Peacock has 22M signups. Airbnb plans ‘endowment’ to aid hosts after IPO. Uber Eats faces discrimination allegations over free delivery from Black-owned restaurants. The market for products and services addressing menopause is a $600 billion opportunity. Jon Stewart will return to TV with an AppleTV + series. Netflix is testing an audio-only mode. Tik Tok Partners with Shopify to move into e-commerce space.
INSIGHTS
Betting on black entrepreneurs can result in blockbuster ROI
-Venture Capital Journal
The Future is Female Fund Managers
-Cindy Sideris / Medium
Women of Color are the New Unicorn in Silicon Valley
-Regina Clewlow / Forbes
Lions, Tigers, and Rolling Funds, Oh My: Why We Ultimately Decided not to do a Rolling Fund
-McKeever (Mac) Conwell / RareBreed Ventures
Breaking Into & Thriving in VC
-Cowboy Ventures
How (And Why) To Make Venture Funding More Equitable
-Rebekah Bastian / Forbes
Here’s how to start a venture fund if you’re not rich
-Connie Loizos / TechCrunch
How Startups Can Successfully Target The ‘Hypercultural Latinx’
-Ilse Calderon / Forbes
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Africa Next e-pitching session-Connect the most promising African start-ups with African, European and International VCs and CVCs. Investors are invited to register.
November 3, 2020.
AccelerateHER Live Pitch Competition. One diverse Female Founder will receive £5000 and £20,000 of Facebook advertising credits. Apply before November 6, 2020.
BUILD @The Fund, an 8 week course providing the nuts and bolts of how to start a company, along with access to a community of experienced founders, operators and entrepreneurial peers. Apply by November 10, 2020.
Tory Burch Fellows. A year-long program for a woman-identifying entrepreneur to help you lead, grow, and scale your business. Apply by November 12, 2020.
The Upswing Fund Grants for founders focusing on Teens of color and/or LGBTQ+ Teens. Apply by November 16, 2020.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
8th Angel Fair Africa. Forty-three leading global investors from Africa, Europe, US and the Middle East have so far signed up to participate virtually. November 5, 2020
Y Combinator-Startup School for Future Founders. A free, 6-week online course for aspiring startup founders. Starts November 9, 2020.
All Raise Virtual Workshop-Founder Playbook: Raising a Series A with Helen Adeosun, November 5, 2020.
FEMPIRE x SoGal Angel Curriculum: Module 1 Launch, November 10, 2020.
Black Founder Office Hours Application, presented by AWS and Startup Grind, November 12, 2020.
“Women Take on the Digital Divide" a six-part public event series hosted by FrauenLoop and the Gunda Werner Institute at Heinrich Böll Foundation, November 17, 2020.
ON OUR RADAR
Black Cancer Patients Don't Have Wigs That Represent Them. One Cancer Survivor Is Changing That.
Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future.
The 2020 New York City Marathon Goes Virtual.
The Only Consensus on Wall Street Is Tuesday’s Elections Will Be Felt for Years to Come.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
PayPal Invests in Racial Equality-The company is putting $50 million in Black- and Latino-led venture capital firms.
LISC Invests in Fearless Fund to Increase Access to Venture Funding for Minority Women Entrepreneurs.
Kesha Cash Raises $55 Million For Impact America Fund.
645 Ventures Closes $160 million Fund III & Announces Connected Network.
US tries to block Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who would be first African World Trade Organization head.
Introducing HBCUvc Venture Capital Fellows Class 4.
Announcing the Andreessen Horowitz, Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO’s) First Cohort: Cohort Alpha.
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