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Making finance understandable and approachable, and exploring sustainable alternatives to the male-dominated, “get rich or die trying” mindset of venture capital.
Coming out while raising capital
“Being gay and being Black are superpowers, they make me unique and very beneficial for a VC firm.”
Mutual Rewards for Employee and Employer
Being transparent with colleagues around earnings and wages is an important and necessary step individuals can take to help to decrease the wage gap.
Fundraising Essentials from the Founder of Black Girl Ventures
Addressing a lack of access to wealth or financial resources, an inability to tap into influential networks, and difficulty hiring.
Cutting edge technology, meet ancient holistic practice
"We created an entirely new product and new category, a new piece of hardware and integrated across technology, art, science, and neuroscience to create this thing—and changed hundreds of thousands of lives."
Applying Corporate Strategy to an Indie Personal Care Brand
"You have so much power; what they’re going to have to pay for and do the most in order to try and replicate, you already have the insider information."
"If it wasn’t hard, it wouldn’t have a meaningful outcome."
The direct to consumer plant business has raised over $7M in two years.
Preventing agricultural waste
"I saw 25% of heads of romaine lettuce being harvested and 75% being wasted for as far as the eye could see. I remember thinking: If I don’t pursue this, who’s going to?"
How An Ethical Clothing Brand Subsists in the Face of Fast Fashion
"If I’m building a brand I want it to have moral ground. So as much work as it is to do, I’m willing to do it because I know the brand I’m bringing forward is what I want it to be."
From hedge funds to homeopathy
Carly Stein’s bee-product brand just closed a $3.5 million fundraising round.
Behind the scenes of building a social messaging platform
Mica Le John gives us a look into how her company 2Swim is building a new corner of the internet.
Key insights for emerging and aspiring VCs
Senior Associate Gabby Cazeau on putting her engineering background to use at Harlem Capital, a diversity-oriented fund whose team is comprised of over 90% people of color.
Looking For Liquidity
Ju Rhyu’s Korean-inspired acne patch is taking the beauty world by storm—but that doesn't mean the brand or its founder are living on easy street.