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81% of VC firms don’t have a single black investor — BLCK VC plans on changing that

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...

ADEKUNLE GOLD: Biography, Net worth, Endorsement (Find out more about this Famous Prince from the Kosoko Royal House of Lagos)

Adekunle  Kosoko, popularly known as (Adekunle Gold) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter  and graphic designer, born on January 28 1987 at Lagos, Nigeria. He received his elementary and secondary education in Lagos then went on to earn for himself a Degree in Arts and Design from Lagos State Polytechnic. Adekunle Gold was born into a royal family in Lagos state, he describe his genre of music as urban highlife, while growing up, the Star developed interest in music while listening to songs by King sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey. He became a member of his church’s junior choir during his teenage years, and went on to write his first song at the age of 15. In 2014 he disbanded a music group he formed with a friend while in school. He was dubed the "King of Photoshop" after posting an edited Photoshop image of him hugging Tiwa Savage. On 19 th December 2014, he released the single Titled "Sade" a cover of one Direction "Story of my life" which brought him to lime...