Venture capital has a diversity problem . BLCK VC , a new organization founded by Storm Ventures associate Frederik Groce and NEA associate Sydney Sykes to connect, engage and advance black venture capitalists, is ready for a new era in the industry. Their mission: Turn 200 black investors into 400 black investors by 2024. “We think of ourselves as an organization formed by black VCs for blacks VCs to increase the representation of black investors,” Sykes told TechCrunch. “You can look around and say well ‘I know five black VCs,’ but you can also say this firm does not have a single black VC, they may not even have a single underrepresented minority … We want to make firms reckon with the fact that there is a racial diversity problem; there is a lack of black VCs and every firm should really care about it.” BLCK VC has been at work since the beginning of 2018, building and expanding a network of black investors in the San Francisco area, Los Angeles and New York. They seek to provide a...
Searching for Wizkid Biography, Songs, age, Endorsement deals, Albums and Net worth? as usual see the full detailed fact about the 2017 winner of the BET Award for Best International Act Africa. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as (Wizkid) is a Nigerian afrobeat singer and songwriter, born on 16 th July 1990 at surulere,lagos Nigeria. The superstar grew up in an interfaith household with twelve female siblings. He attended his elementary and secondary education in surulere,Lagos. Wizkid started singing at the age of eleven when he formed a group named the glorious five with couple of his Church friends, during his upbringing; he listened to songs recorded by King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti, and Bob Marley. The super star later met OJB Jezreel a record producer who prevented him for recording for a year. He watched 2 Face idibia record songs for his Grass 2 Grace album. While visiting OJB’s Point beat studios , he mentioned Neato C as one of the people who mentored and coached hi...