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...
Sunday Ginikachukwu Nweke , popularly known as ( Masterkraft) , is a Nigeria professionally record producer, disc jockey, band director, pianist, and songwriter born in Ajegunle, Lagos. He began his music career at age 11 and attended United Christian School Apapa and dreamt of being an Accountant. He started his professional music career with Kennis Music and has worked with artists such as Flavour N’ abania, Bracket, Banky W, Sound Sultan, Timaya, Lynxxx, M.I and J. Martins and so many more. Masterkraft has producer so many Hit songs and was listed in the Top ten Music producer in Nigeria. Leadership newspaper ranked him 8th on its 2014 list of the Top 10 Music Producers in Nigeria and in 2015 he was ranked 7 th on the Biggest Music Producer by Nigeria Entertainment. BIOGRAPHY TABLE NAME Sunday Ginikachukwu Nweke, STAGE NAME Masterkraft , PLACE OF BIRTH Ajegunle, Lagos. GENRE OF MUSIC Highlife, Afrobeat, Gospel, Soul, Jaz and R&B RECORD LABEL MasterKraft Records NET...