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Fearless Fund Lawsuit: How the Atlanta startup community is reacting

Fearless Fund Lawsuit: How the Atlanta startup community is reacting

The affirmative action fight has come to the business world, and Atlanta’s startup ecosystem is at the epicenter. A lawsuit against Fearless Fund, a local fund that invests in women of color, was filed earlier in August by a nonprofit activist group central to the US Supreme Court case

Networking Startup Mixtroz Raises $1 Million Seed Round Following Rise of the Rest Win

Networking Startup Mixtroz Raises $1 Million Seed Round Following Rise of the Rest Win

Mixtroz, a platform that facilitates better networking at events, has raised a $1 million seed round. This follows the mother-daughter founder duo's win of a $100K investment at Revolution's Rise of the Rest pitch competition in Birmingham, Alabama this past May. "I think in

New Report Shows Funding For Black Women Founders Increased By 500 Percent in 2017, But Still Lags

New Report Shows Funding For Black Women Founders Increased By 500 Percent in 2017, But Still Lags

A report, released today, by an Atlanta-based startup incubator focused on Black and Latinx female entrepreneurs found that, while black women founders are still funded at disproportionally low amounts, funding has increased substantially in the past year. The research also showed that the number of black female founders who