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...
Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk popularly known as (Iyanya) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and performer born on 13 th October 1986 on palm street calabar, Cross River State. His father was a forester and his mother a school headmistress; both parent died in 2008, Iyanya elder brother also died at the same period of his parent death. Iyanya started singing at the age of 5 in his church choir were his grandfather was also a clergyman, he was also the choir master for the children church choir. He attended his elementary and secondary education in calabar and then went ahead to earn for himself a bachelor Degree in Business Management at the University of calabar. After graduating from the University of Calabar, he started working as a singing in a local bar he managed where he sang Karaoke. Iyanya said his key musical influence was from American RnB artist R.Kelly and British singer Craig David. He started as a rapper with the stage name “Lofty”, Iyanya was motivated to pursue musical career af...