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...
Davido Biography and net worth 2018 David Adedeji Adeleke with stage name Davido is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, who was born on the 21 st November 1992 in Atlanta Georgia USA. He is the co-owner of HKN records alongside his elder brother Adewale Adeleke. And the founder of DMW records, a label which is home to a couple of outstanding acts like Mayourkun, Dremo, Ichaba, Peruzzi, Yonda, FreshVDM, and Idowest. He did his primary and secondary school at British International School in Lagos and then traveled to the US to study Business Administration at Oakwood University. Read Also: MR EAZI: BIOGRAPHY, NET WORTH, RECORD LABEL, SONGS AND CARS Davido’s interest in music started growing while he was studying at the University, he decided to purchase musical instruments for himself and started singing at his spare time, he also learned how to produce for himself and was already a professional music producer at a young age. He finally dropped out of school when he dis...