Black Stanford alumni create $5M investment fund and technology innovation foundation to provide fin
STANFORD, California, June 23, 2016—On the heels of President Barack Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, an international group of influential Black Stanford alumni today announced the creation of a $5 million investment fund that will provide financial support and resources to techpreneurs that are current students and recent graduates. The Black Angel Technology Investment Fund (BATIF) aims to bridge the gap in technology funding by helping Blacks
Black Angels: The Antidote to Silicon Valley Diversity Syndrome
What if the same intense energy being used to pressure Silicon Valley to change itself was applied to creating angel and venture funding vehicles for black startup entrepreneurs who change Silicon Valley? A wise man once said “A small mind focuses on a problem, a bigger mind focuses on a solution to the problem but a genius mind focuses on the opportunity that lies in the problem.” By now we have all seen the hundreds of articles discussing and analyzing the Silicon Valley di
