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...
Odunlade Adekola biography and net worth Odunlade Adekola is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker, singer, director, and producer, who was born on the 31 st day of December 1978 in Ogun State. He had his primary education at St John’s primary school and did his secondary school at St Peters College in Abeokuta. He then went on to study at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic where he got his Diploma certificate. He is the CEO of (Odunlade Adekola Film Production) OAFP. He started acting at a young age and loved to act as a jester in his church with his friend. He would always demand for a short time to act as a jester with his friend whenever there was an anniversary holding in his church (the Christ Apostolic church Lafenwa Abeokuta) and was always given the opportunity to do so. He and his friend will then structure out a play involving two characters, which the both of them would perform. This act molded him into the man he is today. The actor has currently featured in over a hundred Yoruba movies. ...