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Mental Health Tech is Offering Virtual Wellness Alternatives

by: Alesia Bani

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A Growing Psychedelic Community in Philadelphia 

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Black Women Founders Are Paving the Way

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The Tech and Lifestyle Conferences You Should Add to Your 2023 Plans

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Remote Workers Look No Further: Coworking Spaces To Set Up Shop in 2023

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DATABASE: Where Accelerators that Support Black Founders are Located

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How Paige & Paxton Uses Identity to Fuel STEM Learning in Elementary Schools

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STUDY: Inequitable Internet Access May Be Putting More Black Students Online Privacy At Risk

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The Plug and Omidyar Network Launch New Black Tech Effect Report

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BREAKING: MacKenzie Scott Gives Nearly $2 Billion to Organizations Helping Black and Brown Underserved Communities

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HBCU-Based Center for Black Entrepreneurship Gains Another Multi-Million Dollar Corporate Commitment

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Black Founders On The Duality of Austin’s Black Tech Ecosystem

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Public And Private Industry Partner In The Fight Against Voter Suppression Laws

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A Burgeoning Industry Of Tech Takes Root In Baltimore With Techstars’ Monica Wheat At The Helm

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CyberBase Seeks to Close Gap in National Cybersecurity Talent Shortage by Increasing Black Representation 

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The State of Black Maternal Mortality: A Funding Crisis Addressing Power, Privilege and Policy 

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Black Women Founders Are Paving the Way

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What’s Rarer Than a Unicorn Company? A Black-Led Unicorn.

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Breaking, Funding

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Investors See Growth, Opportunity and Returns in Sustainability Tech Funding

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The State of Black Maternal Mortality: A Funding Crisis Addressing Power, Privilege and Policy 

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Funding

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Future of Work

Twitter Hashtag Explores Open Conversations And Action For Black People In Tech

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Future of Work

Breaking up Big Tech Order Offers Special Benefits to Black Technologists

by: Tyler Goodwin

Future of Work

The Plug and New Profit Partner to Reach Entrepreneurs Powering the Future of Work

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Black Publicly Traded Companies Q3 Earnings, Several Report Increase in Net Revenue Amidst Economic Downturn and Pandemic Recovery

by: Alesia Bani

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Black Publicly Traded Companies Report Q2 Earnings, Several Set To Be Acquired In Multi-Billion Dollar Deals

by: Alesia Bani

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by: Mirtha Donastorg

High/Big Tech

Meta Releases 2022 Diversity Report, Company Still Falls Short

by: Alesia Bani

High/Big Tech

Tesla’s Worker Discrimination Problem Could Spell Financial Trouble Ahead

by: Monica Melton

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On The Road: The 6th Annual Roadmap to Billions Conference Presented by Black Women Talk Tech

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A conversation with Google Arts & Culture Lead Simon Delacroix for Juneteenth 2022

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Black Publicly Traded Companies Q3 Earnings, Several Report Increase in Net Revenue Amidst Economic Downturn and Pandemic Recovery

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The Insight: Why Joy is Central to Creating a Black Tech Future

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What’s Rarer Than a Unicorn Company? A Black-Led Unicorn.

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Founders, Research

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Philadelphia, Research

Using Tech Upskilling and Access to Employment as a Framework to Reduce Recidivism 

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HBCU Alumni on Fortune 500 Boards

by: Mirtha Donastorg

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Kapor Foundation Launches Initiative to Make Trillion-Dollar Tech Industry More Equitable

by: Alesia Bani

Data, Funding, Research & Policy, Venture Capital

The State of Black Maternal Mortality: A Funding Crisis Addressing Power, Privilege and Policy 

by: Alesia Bani

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What Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Means for HBCU Graduates

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New Policies Aim to Oversee the Crypto Market

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Special Series

These Fintech Startups are Enabling Small Businesses with Tools to be More Streamlined and Efficient

by: Mirtha Donastorg

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Black Fintech Founders are Carving More Equitable Spaces in the Creator Economy

by: Alesia Bani

Founders, Special Series

One Year Look Back: Lessons From Startup Founders in Mastercard’s Startup Engagement Program

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Special Series

Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Innovation Lab Leaves Black Tech Founders with More than They Came For

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Special Series

ABF Creative Taps Into The Power Of Openness And Accountability To Hit Revenue Milestone

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ANALYSIS: Comcast NBCUniversal Doubles Down On Its Approach to Support Underrepresented Entrepreneurs and Communities During the Pandemic

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Tech Woman Tuesdays – April 26th

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Tech Women Tuesday’s – May 17th

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The New Web

Black Web3 Founders Still See Growth and Opportunity in NFTs, Crypto

by: Alesia Bani

The New Web

Crypto scams are rising, but justice is harder to come by

by: Janhoi McGregor

The New Web

Crypto scams are rising, but justice is harder to come by

by: Janhoi McGregor

Trends

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Mental Health Tech is Offering Virtual Wellness Alternatives

by: Alesia Bani

Breaking, Trends

​Analysis: What Black Women Tech Leaders Are Up Against and the Future of Governance of Their Companies

by: Sherrell Dorsey

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Technology is Transforming the Ways in Which we Archive Black History

by: Trevor Smith

Trends

From The Newsletter: How AI Mirrors Racism Right Back At Us

by: Monica Melton

Venture Capital

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Funding, Venture Capital

Investors See Growth, Opportunity and Returns in Sustainability Tech Funding

by: Alesia Bani

Data, Funding, Research & Policy, Venture Capital

The State of Black Maternal Mortality: A Funding Crisis Addressing Power, Privilege and Policy 

by: Alesia Bani

Funding, Philadelphia, Venture Capital

‘Agonizing’: Black Maternal Health Startups Struggle for Funding but New Crop of Black Women VCs Show Support

by: Alesia Bani

Venture Capital

Fearless Fund is Making Major Moves: Investing in Gabrielle Union, Hosting Star-Studded Summit and Getting Ready to Launch Fund II

by: Mirtha Donastorg

Breaking, Venture Capital

BREAKING: Kapor Capital Launches New Black-Led $126 Million Venture Fund

by: Mirtha Donastorg

Venture Capital

Southbox Capital Relaunches $40 Million Fund In Atlanta As One Of Its Portfolio Companies IPOs

by: Monica Melton

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