Excited to announce our $11.5 million Series A at Pie @trypieapp, where we're on a mission to defeat social isolation. Our vision: doing things you enjoy with people you like should be as easy as calling a Uber. Looking for new friends? Easy as Pie.
https://t.co/Si7IVaQUkD
We're so excited to announce that Elle Ramel and @svmirza are joining the @chicago_blend board of directors! Read the full press release!
https://t.co/ieihCJAfUT
NEW: I looked at a white paper by @fifthstarfunds, which seeks to serve as a "family and friend" round for founders without such network.
I looked at the impact this could have: on average, Black founders raise less than 1,000 from family and friends.
https://t.co/8juG6SWiKV
It's been incredible to see the impact of our partners and community these last 2 years as we continue to fight to make Chicago the inclusive tech ecosystem that we know it can, should, and will be. 💪🏾
The @FifthStarFunds team was honored to receive WBC's Innovation Champion award with our friends at @TechRiseChi & @LongJumpFund for our work to invest in Chicago's underestimated entrepreneurs. Huge thx to @KuriakoseAbin & @WorldBizChicago for their immense support to our org's.
A wonderful night bringing together founders from the Fifth Star portfolio. This is what the future of Chicago Tech looks like. Stay tuned for announcements soon on our newest investments! 🙌🏾
Fifth Star is hiring a full-time Managing Director to lead the organization and scale our impact as the nation’s preeminent Friends and Family fund for Black tech founders. See our link below for more info and please share the role in your networks! https://t.co/Do0UFyxPH6
We’ve been selected as recipients of @GoldmanSachs One Million Black Women grant! This initiative is the largest of its kind in scope and provides Fifth Star with multi-year investment to close the Friends & Family funding gap for Black women. More info: https://t.co/WnyZTVJ037
Congratulations to @FifthStarFunds portfolio companies @Buoypricing and @Eventnoire for being selected as recipients for the third Google for Startups Black Founders Fund! When we #FundBlackFounders, we all win. Congrats to Candice & Jeff! More info here: https://t.co/hQO9umGVVR