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Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need

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A new white paper by the venture fund Fifth Star put into context how incongruous such statements are: The average friends and family round is $23,000. Black family wealth is $3,630 compared to $79,000 for white families; the average Black founder raises less than around $1,000 from family and friends. The median liquid U.S.

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She writes, “Yfood’s milestone should give the food tech community something substantial to chew on. Since the average friends and family round is $23,000, “they’d need to secure the entire liquid wealth of six Black families,” according to a white paper by venture fund Fifth Star.