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...
Talk about leading banks in innovation in the financial sector, talk Diamond Bank. The bank is a large financial services provider in Nigeria and across its region (West Africa to be precise) with Head office in Lekki Epe Expressway, Lagos state. Nigeria's commercial capital, the bank maintains a banking subsidiary in Benin , Senegal , Cote d'Ivoire , Togo and The United Kingdom . According to financial reports, as of December 2012, the bank's total assets were valued in excess of US$7.3bn (NGN:1.7 trillion). Wow!! Great achievement isn’t it? As at June 2015, the bank operates 250 branches in Nationwide, with over 20 branches in Benin Republic , 2 branches in Senegal , 1 branch in Togo and 3 branches in Côte d’Ivoire . Diamond bank has branches all over the Lagos state and Nigeria as a whole. This is part of their commitment to meet customer’s financial needs. Without boring you with too much talk, let us take you through the list of all diamond branches in Lagos Nigeria ...