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...
The Adekunle Ajasin University New School Fees Schedule is Out for the 2017/2018 academic session. All students both New and Returning Student should take note. Adekunle Ajasin University New School Fees for 2017/2018 Academic Session Out The management of Adekunle Ajasin Unuversity wishes to notify all students that a new school fee schedule has been announced for the 2017/2018 academic session. This is as a result of the decision reached by the School Senate and State Government. The school fees schedule for new and returning students of the school is listed below according to Faculty and Departments Respectively. Faculties of Arts and Education Fresh Students: N100, 000 ii. Returning Students: N80,000 (200L to 300L ) Faculties of Science, Agric, Social and Mgt. Sciences Fresh Students: N150, 000 ii. Returning Students : N100, 000 Faculty of Law Fresh Students: 150,000 ii. Returning Students: N100, 000 (200L to 400L). Final Year Student s...