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...
A lot of you might not have heard of him before but the name is making waves at the moment. Williams Uchemba is a Nollywood actor who hails from the southeastern part of Nigeria. He came to limelight as a child actor when he featured in the movie titled “Journey of the dead. He acted alongside popular Nollywood stars the likes of Olu Jacob, Pete Edochie, and Ramsey Noah. He featured in blockbuster movies such as “the world of Riches” (2006), and “Beyond Belief” (2003). Williams Uchembah won the Best Kid Actor award for his role in the movie “Oh My Son”. He left acting early 2006 to concentrate on his education. He is a graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka where he studied international relations. A lot is not known of his early childhood but the handsome actor has begun to gather a strong social media following since he started his Instagram page. Biography Table NAME Williams Uchemba OCCUPATION Actor and Comedian PLACE OF BIRTH South East Nigeria The actor also showed that h...