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Check out our new report on venture capital funding for diverse entrepreneurs. One of our key findings: Black founders received just 0.24% and female founders only 11% of venture funding in the last 10 years. Get the full report here: extend.vc/reports
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Erika Brodnock (@ExtendVentures) & Johannes Lenhard (VentureESG) will be in conversation w/ Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe on ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ on Mon, 12 Feb, 9-10am, at LSE.
Details: fmg.ac.uk/events/diversity-aโฆ
#LSEEntrepreneur
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๐ฃ Today we have launched an open letter to the Chancellor calling on damaging changes to rules for angel investors to be reversed.
Read the full letter here โก๏ธ angels-letter.com/
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Top 3 things investors are looking for when investing in a startup, shared by @tadeyoola on the @1000voicesuk podcast ๐
๐ Exciting news! We just launched Diversity Beyond Gender UK 2023, and the event at HSBC Innovation Banking was a blast! ๐ full report available on extend.vc/reports
๐ก While women founders saw a slight increase in investment (11% [2009-2019] to 14.5% [2013-2023]), the data exposes the continued underrepresentation of Black women, securing a mere 0.14% of funding from 2013 to 2023.
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Calling all startups! ๐
The Government is empowering small business owners with grants of up to ยฃ2 million. Get started today!๐ซ
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The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here! It's now time to introduce you to the exceptional finalists for the Foundervine Changemaker Awards. ๐๐
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Kicking off our 1st panel on VC and tech is @thestackworld founder and panel moderator, @sharmadeanreid, @yourkinhub founder & CEO, @ErikaBrodnock, @rukahair co-founder & CEO, @vtmoyo, and @michaeltefula, Angel investor & CFO at @CIRCA5000
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Proud to have co-hosted this week's #BuildBlackBetter event with @weareLendoe to shine a spotlight on access to funding for Black businesses. Thanks to our speakers @EricDCollins, Damian Thompson, Jamie Broderick, Karl Lokko, Michael Hastings, @tomilube, @demi_vb_, @ErikaBrodnock
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As this evidence shows, support for Black businesses is much needed.
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#BlackBusinessMatters #DiversityMatters #BlackOwnedBusiness
Weโre pleased to support the @blkbizmattersuk initiative in partnership with @HSBC_UK. Learn more about how the initiative aims to support Britain's Black business community here: extendventures.substack.com/โฆ.
We caught up with @ChamsFace4music, co-founder of @GOODsoilVC for our first newsletter of 2021. She shares the lessons she's learned as an entrepreneur and investor and why she's excited about Africa's potential:
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Hear what Serena Williams has to say about the challenges facing black female founders and how we may be โmissing out on the innovation and genius of so many.โ
edition.cnn.com/2020/12/14/pโฆ