While 2026 has shown encouraging signs, with Black-founded startups raising approximately $643 million by late May, the strongest quarter since mid-2022, the improvement was driven largely by a handful of unusually large financings. James Norman and...
Diversity
In the final installment of our series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups, six investors offer their advice for overlooked...
The consistently low numbers of U.S. venture funding to Black founders led some to turn to investing in an effort to help level the playing field...
Co-founded by Molly Huyck and Amie Konwinski, Aequitas Invest's funding portal provides women-led businesses a way to raise capital. СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ News...
The share of U.S. startup funding going to companies with Black founders in 2025 remained low, even as overall funding ticked slightly higher...
In today’s market, where early-stage capital is shrinking, your ability to communicate is as critical as your product, writes guest author Nick...
To understand the gender mix on AI boards, we analyzed the board composition of more than 140 AI companies headquartered in California, where venture...
To unlock the true money potential of women’s sports, we must stop pricing them based on outdated assumptions and start valuing them based on present...
Since 2019, when we began benchmarking board diversity among U.S.-based private companies, we’ve seen a significant increase in the percentage of...
Women-led startups consistently show lower failure rates and higher returns, but startups with only female founders still consistently receive less...
Despite their strong track record, East Asian founders don’t receive investment proportional to their success, writes guest author Lex Zhao. He...


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