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Teen Entrepreneur Creates a Product to Help Facilitate Safer Traffic Stops
January 28, 2021
David Price is the 19 year old creator of The Safety Pouch, a tool to help facilitate interactions between civilians and police. The fluorescent…
Calendly, The Black Owned Scheduling App, Just Raised $350M, and Is Now Valued At Over $3Billion
January 26, 2021
Calendly is a Black owned scheduling app, designed to make the process of finding meeting times easy. Currently, about 10 million people use the…
This Black Owned Mental Health Platform Just Raised $5 Million
January 26, 2021
Hurdle, a Black owned mental health platform, announced yesterday that it has successfully closed a $5 million series seed financing. Established in 2018, Hurdle…
Black Owned EdTech App Raises $10.6 Million in Two Years
January 22, 2021
A year after it raised a seed round of $3.1m, Nigerian Education Technology (Edtech) platform, uLesson announced last week that it has closed a…
Jay-Z Involved in a $10Million Fund Created To Empower Black Owned Cannabis Businesses
January 21, 2021
Jay-Z is part of a fund created to invest in Black owned cannabis businesses in order to bolster Black participation in the industry. The…
These Two Black Owned Real Estate Firms Have Closed over $60M in Deals Together
January 20, 2021
National Standard Abstract (NSA) and CB Emmanuel Realty are two Black Owned Real Estate Firms that have closed over $60 million in transactions together.…