Accelerators and Venture Funds for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Entrepreneurs
- 500 Startups
500 Startups supports early-stage Black- and Latinx-owned startups in the US.
- Backstage Capital
Backstage invests in startup founders who identify as a Woman, Person of Color, and/or LGBTQ.Includes an acceleator program.
- Base Ventures
Base Ventures is owed to its founder and Managing Director, Erik Moore, one of the 25 Most Influential Black in Tech.
- Black Angel Tech Fund
The Black Angel Tech Fund invests in Black-owned startups.
- Cleveland Avenue
Cleveland Avenue is focused on funding restaurant, food tech and beverage companies. The founder of this investment firm are Don and Liz Thompson.
- Connectivity Capital Partners
Connectivity Capital Partners "advocates for diversity in technology by supporting extraordinary startup founders regardless of their background."
- Cross Culture Venture Capital
Cross Cultural Venture Capital focuses on investing in early-stage startups focusing on tech and consumer products.They invest in minority-owned startups.
- Digitalundivided
This fund invests in Black- and Latinx-owned startups.
- Diversecity Ventures
Diversecity Ventures invests in startups that not only have "socio-economic and environmental impact but those that strive to promote cultural, geographic and cultural diversity."
- Dreamit Ventures
Dreamit Ventures in collaboration with Comcast Ventures aims to provide financial support and mentorship to minority-owned startups with ready-made products to help them scale through their Dreamit Access program.
- EchoVC Partners
EchoVC Partners invests in early stage startups in both North American and sub-Saharan Africa.
- Founders First Capital Partners
Founders First Capital Partners provides capital and support to startups owned by women, entrepreneurs from minority groups, and military veterans.
- Harlem Capital Partners
Harlem Capital Partners is a firm venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage, minority-owned startups.
- Humble Ventures
Humble Ventures invests in firms established by women and entrepreneurs belonging to minority groups.
- KEC Ventures
KEC Ventures supports early-stage startups founded by entrepreneurs belonging to minority groups.
- New Voices Fund
The $100 Million New Voices Fund directly invests in businesses owned by women of color entrepreneurs. The fund focuses on investments from start-ups/Seed to Series C rounds and primarily invests in three verticals: consumer, technology and media/entertainment.
- Pipeline Angels
Pipeline Angels invests in women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs
- Precursor Ventures
Precursor Ventures "are committed to investing in founders who represent a wide variety of backgrounds in terms of gender, race, background," academic experience and life circumstances.
- Presidential Innovation Fellows
This organization partners innovative startup founders with change-makers within the government to help them grow and scale for the better good of the country.
- Reach Capital
Reach Capital aims to support minority-led startups striving to help underserved communities in the country, particularly in the field of education.
- Southbox Venture Capital
Southbox Venture Capital invests primarily in film, ad-tech, and media-tech.
- Valmo Ventures
Valmo Ventures is focused on creating, collaborating, and investing in companies, assets and efforts that add value to portfolio returns and add value to our society.
Organizations and Networking For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Entrepreneurs
- Ashoka
This nonprofit organization "identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an "everyone a changemaker world.""
- TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
TiE is a nonprofit organization helping entrepreneurs at all stages of starting and running their business.
- National Black Business Council
The National Black Business Council has some basic information for Black entrepreneurs.
News and Articles about Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Entrepreneurs
- The Plug
Online source for news and analysis on Black tech trends, founders, and innovators.
- Black Enterprise
The magazine Black Enterprise has a page devoted to black entrepreneurs.
- The Network Journal
The Network Journal is a quarterly print and online business magazine for Black entrepreneur, Black professionals and small business owners.
Resources for Starting Your Business
Books for BIPOC Entrepreneurs
eBooks
Underdog Entrepreneurs by ISBN: 9783030204075Publication Date: 2019-09-13Entrepreneurship is challenging, whatever your background, in the current science- and technology-driven Western world. However, unlike traditionally dominant, native-born, white male entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, those who face greater hurdles blocking their path to success primarily come from marginalized and minority groups, both real and self-perceived--including immigrants, refugees, women, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. Despite their potential to innovate and add value in the global marketplace, they persistently struggle, or fail, because they lack the requisite code-breaking skills. This book helps these underdog entrepreneurs acquire those skills with actionable advice to achieve and sustain success. It proposes a framework that pinpoints what the author calls the outsider problem--that is, situations in which individuals are primarily disadvantaged because they lack access to networks that facilitate superior learning and performance outcomes. He completes the framework by incorporating personal qualities and strategies that can solve this problem. Along the way, Morgan distills insights and evidence from multiple fields, combined with a fresh look at the familiar stories of initially marginalized business leaders, such as Indra Nooyi, Jack Ma, Hilary Devey and Mike Lazaridis. He also shares the less known, but equally inspiring stories of others. This book will help readers thrive while transcending their underdog status.
African American Entrepreneurs by ISBN: 9781606493595Publication Date: 2018-03-22African American entrepreneurs are key contributors to the American economy. Faced with numerous challenges, many African American entrepreneurs have learned to transcend tough obstacles, leverage resources, and strategically pursue opportunities to achieve business success. This book captures the stories and mindsets of contemporary African Americans in their quest for the American dream.
Physical Books
Hispanic-Latino Entrepreneurship by ISBN: 1606493566Publication Date: 2014-12-30This book is a biographical sketch and interview compilation of leading Latin American entrepreneurs in the United States. In recent years, Latin American enterprises have grown in numbers and have become an important contributor in the national and global economy. In addition to introducing the movers and shakers of Latin American business, this book shares their viewpoints on pathways to success, overcoming obstacles, as well as practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. With inspiring stories and practical business know-how, this book offers value to teachers and students of entrepreneurship, policy makers, and the business community.
