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...
Adesua Etomi is among one of the top actresses in Nigeria. The actress who acted in the Wedding Party first graced the Nollywood industry in 2014 in the movie “Knocking on heaven’s door”. She was born to an Esan father and a Yoruba mother in Owerri, Imo State on February 22, 1988. Her father is a soldier with the Nigerian Army and her mother a civil engineer. She is the youngest of three children. She first started her acting career at the early age of 7, when she joined the drama group at the Corona School Victoria Island, Lagos where she had her primary education. She went further to pursue her secondary education at the prestigious Queens College Lagos where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate. Don't Miss: TOP TEN MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA 2018 She relocated to the United Kingdom at the age of 13 where she furthered her education. She studied physical education, Performing Arts and Musical Theatre at the City College Coventry, the United Kingdom w...