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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

TechCrunch

But despite my privilege, I’m also confident that my Black heritage made it more difficult for me to raise venture capital. Today — and the data proves this — if you are a white male, you have an unfair advantage when looking to raise venture capital. At the time, I didn’t even know that raising venture capital was a possibility.

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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years. It is about building and recreating communities. Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it

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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

TechCrunch

This negative narrative has immense implications for the venture community. Three key areas of proposed intervention by the SEC offer examples of why the venture community should be paying attention. Signals suggest the Commission could require companies that raise capital under Reg D to disclose more financial and company information.

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Cultivating a Practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecosystem Building Programs

Ecosystem Builder Hub

As part of the Insights from the Field campaign, I wanted to hear from other ecosystem builders in the field about their approaches to DEI, and hopefully identify specific techniques that they’ve incorporated in their communities. Kate Jackson, an ecosystem builder in the Chicago area, described the ‘why’ of this beautifully.

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Immi takes in $3.8M to cook up plant-based instant ramen

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“My dad still eats instant ramen each night, and it is such a massive market: 4 billion packets are sold per year, but it is also a product that has been dominated by the same three incumbents for years.”. The company has amassed a community of 4,000 members that help Immi with rapid taste testing. “We billion of value in the U.S.

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TomoCredit raises $7M to help the cash rich and credit poor

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(KBIC) — a subsidiary of South Korean consumer bank, Kookmin Bank — along with Barclays, Knollwood Investment Advisory, BAM Ventures, Passport Capital, Ulu Ventures and Strong Ventures. . TomoCredit is a credit card that operates with a debit card model that is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, a member of the FDIC.

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African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth, spurring a $7M investment initiative

TechCrunch

Companies in this segment work with community pharmacies and lower-end providers such as drug shops to help stock products. Last year, two talking points from Salient’s report were the need for increased capital from Africa-based investors and more money to flow into women-led startups.