This public spreadsheet lists Black founders who have raised VC, and the financiers backing them

by RJ Shara | Jul 1, 2020 | Fundings and Exit, Startups

Discovering how many Black creators have actually successfully raised equity capital, and which equity capital companies invested in their start-ups hasn’t been an easy task, historically. Venture capital data is typically diceable by stage, say, or by start-up type. If you desired to know how many Black founders a particular company had actually invested into, [ …] There are more VC firms that have invested in Black creators than there are Black creators who have actually raised money from VCs. Still, having the creator and VC data put together is useful on its own. She likewise said that user “feedback is also driving our versions on The Black Founder List database,” so there should be more to come from the effort. Well, here’s a list of Black founders and the VCs who have actually cut one, two, or more checks into their startups. …