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...
Here are the Biography and Net Worth of the Multi Award Winner and one of the Most Influential Ghanaian Musician. Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr popularly known as (Shatta Wale) is a Ghanaian -born producer and reggae-dancehall musician and multi Award winning artiste, born on 17 th October 1984 in Accra, Ghana, to Charles Mensah Snr. and Elsie Evelyn Avemegah, Charles attended Aguafo Secondary School. After his graduation he changed his name to “Bandana” and released the track “Moko Ho” the Hit which featured one of the most outsourcing Ghanaian Rapper Tinny gained a massive airplay in 2004. Charles releases his first studio album titled “Bandana from Ghana” before his disappearance in the music scene for a while. Charles came back stronger with new name Shatta Wale, and released his hit song “Dancehall King” in 2013. The song earned him artiste of the year at the 2014 Ghana Music Award, and was widely accepted. In a Quest to improve more on his music career he traveled to Jamaica ...