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...
we have gathered the full list of Private University in Nigeria that offers Medicine One of the most sought-after courses by applicants looking for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria is medicine and surgery. It is no news that doctors are in high demand in the country and this has made a lot of potential Jambites to seek admission to study the course. While it is difficult getting admission into the public institutions due to the number of applicants recorded in every admission year, a lot of parents and students are looking the way of private institutions which offer a more advanced and less strenuous admission procedure compared to the public institutions. If you are looking to study medicine and surgery at a private institution in Nigeria and are confused on which to apply to, below are a list of private institutions in Nigeria that offers medicine and surgery and the requirement for admission. O’ Level requirements to be eligible for admission to study m...