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...
Sarkodie, real names Michael Owusu Addo is a Ghanaian rapper and entrepreneur who was born in Tema Ghana. He is the fourth child of his mothers five children and was raised by his mother; he attended Tema Methodist Senior high School and also has a degree in graphic design from IPMC. He started rapping at a tender age but his breakthrough into the music scene was when he started performing at rap battles before earning a music deal that saw the release of his debut album in 2009. The rapper is known to occasionally rap in his native language of Twi, and also in English and pidgin which makes him versatile and bankable. As a matter of fact, he was among the top ten richest and bankable African artists on Forbes list. Biography Summary NAME Michael Owusu Addo STAGE NAME Sarkodie PLACE OF BIRTH Tema Ghana GERNE OF MUSIC Hiphop and Hiplife RECORD LABEL Duncwills Entertainment, Sarkcess Music NET WORTH $ 7 million USD He has a large followin...