Bandwidth with Purpose: Inside Metro Edge’s $250M Bet on Digital Equity
Metro Edge Development Partners is a commercial real estate firm focused on…
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Lexore Spark: Building the Future of AI-Powered Video Creation
Sequoia Blodgett is no stranger to storytelling. As a former video director…
Art Melanated: Building Belonging in the Black Art Renaissance
Art Melanated is a response to exclusion and erasure—an intentional space where…
News & INTERVIEWS
South African Payment Platform Yoco Raises $83M For Expansion
You’ve probably heard the phrase “small business is the backbone of the economy” before, and for good reason: it is true. Small…
Squire, The Black Owned Barbershop App Hits $750 Million Valuation
Back in December 2020, we reported that Squire, a barbershop management application, received a $59 million investment that almost tripled its valuation,…
Breakr Raises $4.2M to Amplify New Artist’s Music With The Help of Influencers
Breakr is a music marketing marketplace startup founded in late 2020. It recently announced that it has raised $4.2 million in seed…
Metafy Has Raised $8.7 Million to Help Video Gamers Monetize their Gaming Skills
In ten years, when you ask kids what they want to be when they grow up, you just might hear the words…
Valerie Daniels-Carter, Founder of the Largest Woman Owned Franchise Business and Part Owner of an NBA Team
Valerie Daniels-Carter is a part owner of the NBA team The Milwaukee Bucks, and is both president and CEO of V&J Holdings.…
Jetstream Raises $3 Million to Improve African Cross-border Trade
Jetstream, a Ghanaian technology-driven logistics company, just landed $3 million in seed funding to solve one of Africa’s biggest problems: the lack…
6 Black Owned Banks in the UK
Several members of the SHOPPE BLACK community in London and surrounding areas have reached out to us asking if we know of…
Black Owned Businesses in the UK
Our second list of Black owned businesses in the UK is here by popular demand! If you haven’t seen the first list,…
Black Owned Businesses in Brooklyn You Should Know
Over the past decade, countless Black owned businesses in Brooklyn (and nationwide) have fallen victim to gentrification. Rising rents and leases are…
Lifestyle & Culture
Lifestyle Guru B. Smith Dies of Alzheimer’s at Age 70
Barbara Smith, the model and TV personality known as B. Smith who went public with her Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, has died…
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will soon be a part of the curriculum for Oklahoma schools
Oklahoma leaders announced Wednesday the state will be moving forward with embedding the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre into the…
USC Offering Free Tuition to Families Making Under $80,000
The University of Southern California announced Thursday that it will eliminate tuition for students whose families have an annual income of $80,000…