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...
Rotimi Alakija popularly known as (DJ Xclusive) is a British born Nigeria disc jockey, record producer and recording artist born on 16 th October in UK to Nigerian parents. At an early age, he moved back to Nigeria to pursue a high school education at the Kings College, Lagos. Rotimi later moved back to United Kingdom to study physics and computer science at reading university, where he received a bachelor’s degree, he later studied financial computing at Brunel University. BIOGRAPHY TABLE NAME Rotimi Alakija STAGE NAME DJ Xclusive PLACE OF BIRTH United Kingdom DATE OF BIRTH 16 th October NET WORTH $ 2.1 Million USD Rotimi is married to Tinuke ogundero in 2015, and he is a nephew to Nigerian richest woman Folorunsho Alakija. He started his professional disc jockey career in 2003 by performing at various night clubs, including Aura Mayfair, penthouse, funky Buddha and Jalouse. DJ xclusive have performed with international artist like Neyo, Rihanna, Mario win...