VC fundraising mistakes; $3 million Google Africa fund for Black Founders; Hot Vax Summer.
A weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
Welcome to Issue #57 of For Colored Girls Who Tech, a weekly newsletter for Black and Brown women highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem. We are a community-centric newsletter so 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!
INSIGHTS
Pattern recognition vs pattern succession: let’s talk about model bias in venture capital
-Aya Spencer
Corporate Venture Capital is Widely Misunderstood But Makes Sense for Africa
- Peter Kisadha / Future Africa
A Guide To Programs For Emerging Managers
-Heather Hartnett / Forbes
The Power of Product Thinking
-Julie Zhuo
What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?
-Mark Suster
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021
-GSMA
OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING & COMPETITIONS
Impact America Fund and Silicon Valley Bank have launched applications for a free, six-week annual bootcamp, Dragonfly, for first time womxn & non-binary founders. Apply by June 28, 2021.
DeFi.org Accelerator-Helping founders launch the next wave of DeFi innovation. Open Applications.
Decelera is a unique program for seed impact startups seeking to scale and grow. They invest in purpose-driven startups, led by seasoned entrepreneurs that are working to solve the world’s greatest challenges with technology. Apply by June 30, 2021.
Impact Central are looking for startup founders with businesses that positively impact people or the planet to apply for their September Accelerator Programme. Deadline is June 30, 2021.
She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition 2021. Open to early stage women-led or women-impact technology startups with prizes up to $50,000. Deadlines vary by country.
Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Africa. This non-dilutive $3 million fund will be allocated across a pipeline of 50 investable black-founded startups in Africa. Deadline July 7, 2021.
Wimbart Office Hours is a PR mentorship programme designed to equip early-stage start-ups with the knowledge and skills needed to frame the narrative surrounding their start-up from the beginning. Apply by July 12, 2021.
UPCOMING (VIRTUAL) EVENTS
MIDEM Africa: the first pan-African digital music event, June 28-July 1, 2021.
Attracting International Talent: A conversation on the future of Europe’s labour migration system, June 28, 2021.
LATAM Venture Fair focused on bridging the gap between funders and founders in the LATAM region, June 29, 2021.
Oxford Seed Fund Demo Day 2021, June 29, 2021.
INSEAD Workshop: Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Starts Ups, June 30, 2021 and various July dates.
Africa Law Tech Festival 2021: Digital Policy for Economic Growth. July 5-9, 2021.
How To: 10x Your Public Speaking hosted by Foundervine, July 7, 2021.
XRC cohort 11 Demo Day is a signature, bi-annual event introducing its newest portfolio companies in the retail tech, CPG and consumerization of healthcare sectors. July 13, 2021.
ON OUR RADAR
The Dos and Don’ts of Hot Vax Summer.
Pentagon won't rule out aliens in long-awaited UFO report.
Clubhouse’s next moves in India will determine if it’s the next Facebook or the next Foursquare.
BuzzFeed Valued at $1.5 Billion in SPAC Deal to Go Public.
PEOPLE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sherman Williams and Emily McMahan are raising a $50 million fund to help veteran founders.
Cameron Johnson, founder of Nickson, a Dallas furnishing startup raised a $12M Series A for Texas expansion.
Announcing Kauffman Fellows newest cohort, Class 26. These 57 leaders in VC hail from top firms across 18 countries (51% people of color & 42% female).
Insight Partners Invests $15 Million Into Minority-Led Early-Stage Firms.
Joanna Smith, founder of AllHere, an edtech company curbing chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools with mobile messaging powered by article intelligence (AI) raised an $8 million Series A, for a total of $12.1 million raised to date.
Morgan Stanley Launches Next Level Fund in Partnership with Hearst, Microsoft and Walmart to Invest in Diverse Start-Ups.
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