Our Interim CEO, Samer Yousif, has just kicked off our State of Black Venture Report Launch Event ✨! @samerthenubian
Now that the report has been released, many of our attendees want to know how we get more capital into the hands of Black investors. This is a topic that we think about a lot. Today, we are discussing it further to come up with more paths to impacting change.
"How do we democratize access to access itself? - Howard Wright, VP, Global Head of @AWSstartups
"We should be proud of ourselves because we JUST got here...Take inventory of that." - Toussaint Bailey, Founder and CEO of @UpliftingCaptl
"It's very important to speak up...Our whole lives we've been taught that someone has to lose for us to win...There are opportunities to reverse that...by focusing on the shared common goal." - Jessica Murrey, CEO/Co-Founder at @wicked_saints
"In addition to celebrating each other, in which ways can we open doors?" - Jessica Murrey, CEO/Co-Founder at @wicked_saints
"I do think there is a lot of pressure to assimilate. I look at outcomes. Is that working for you? You might not be an Elliott or Charles. We got to hustle...to find out what will make you that alpha." - Sydney Sykes, Partner at @lightspeedvp & Co-Founder of @BLCKVC