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...
Raoul John Njeng-Njeng popularly known as (Skales) is a Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter born on 1 st April 1991 in Kaduna. he hails from Edo State. the only Child of his family, he grew up in a Church setting. He received his elementary and secondary education in Kaduna. Skales met producer, Jeremiah and Jessy Jagz while in the University of Jos. He left University of Jos and attended Lead City University, where he graduated with a degree in Office Management and Technology. In 2000, he started writing rap songs in Kaduna. he always traveled to Jos to work with Jesse Jagz and Jeremiah Gyang. In 2008, he entered for the Zain Tru Search Competition and Emerged as the winner for the North Central region, which made him well known at that time. in an interview with This Day Newspaper, Skales described himself as an entertainer whose music is influence by his surroundings. His 2009 release, "Heading for a Grammy" , was inspired by Kenya West’s "Jesus Walks". H...