We are business, research and financial experts working to democratise and diversify access to venture capital for Black and minority ethnic entrepreneurs.
Check out our new report on venture capital funding for diverse entrepreneurs. One of our key findings: Black founders received just 0.24% and female founders only 11% of venture funding in the last 10 years. Get the full report here: https://t.co/HEpfD0pCFJ
Erika Brodnock (@ExtendVentures) & Johannes Lenhard (VentureESG) will be in conversation w/ Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe on ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ on Mon, 12 Feb, 9-10am, at LSE.
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๐ฃ Today we have launched an open letter to the Chancellor calling on damaging changes to rules for angel investors to be reversed.
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๐ Exciting news! We just launched Diversity Beyond Gender UK 2023, and the event at HSBC Innovation Banking was a blast! ๐ full report available on https://t.co/HEpfD0pCFJ
๐ก While women founders saw a slight increase in investment (11% [2009-2019] to 14.5% [2013-2023]), the data exposes the continued underrepresentation of Black women, securing a mere 0.14% of funding from 2013 to 2023.
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The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here! It's now time to introduce you to the exceptional finalists for the Foundervine Changemaker Awards. ๐๐
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We caught up with @ChamsFace4music, co-founder of @GOODsoilVC for our first newsletter of 2021. She shares the lessons she's learned as an entrepreneur and investor and why she's excited about Africa's potential:
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Hear what Serena Williams has to say about the challenges facing black female founders and how we may be โmissing out on the innovation and genius of so many.โ
https://t.co/QWUv8p6Izi