🔥 HCP Newsletter: Our History – February 2021 ✊
The Road to 1,000 newsletter is Harlem Capital’s monthly recap of updates on our portfolio companies, industry news, content, and events we suggest to check out and more!
Monthly Update 📅
February is a special month for us at HCP. It is a time to pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society and show love to those around us. 🙏🏾❤️
Now, buckle up! 🏎️💨 LIVE FROM EVERYWHERE, it’s Road to 1000 – February 2021 😘🥰
Portfolio News 🗞️
Expectful CEO Nathalie Walton joins Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq to discuss the challenges black female entrepreneurs face and how to overcome them, as well as fundraising during COVID-19! Listen here.
Interested in working at one of the Startups in our portfolio?💻👇
Search job openings across the Harlem Capital network here!
Harlem Capital Related 🚀
Announcing our inaugural Angel Program. We asked ourselves how we could further our commitment to diversifying the entrepreneurial ecosystem & we're excited to announce our Angel Program. Apps are due March 1st. Be sure to APPLY! 🚨🚨
305 Black and Latino Founders Who Raised $1MM+ in VC Funding!! 👏🏽👏🏽
Supply-Chain Tech in Ecommerce Report🚨🚨
The More Equity podcast is the podcast that keeps on giving! 🎙️
As a part of our investor on the rise series, we spoke with Tyler Dean, Jillian Williams, Julian Moncada, and KJ Sidberry earlier this month.
Episode with Tyler ➡️ Apple and Spotify, Jillian ➡️ Apple and Spotify, Julian ➡️ Apple and Spotify, and KJ ➡️ Apple and Spotify
Gems dropped 💎💎💎
Network and build with those who have the same mission as you, genuine human to human connection drives progress
As investors we should push to make sure that disruption is inclusive and makes the world more equitable
Your job in venture is to listen!
Check out HCP’s Jarrid Tingle discussing Black entrepreneurship and what needs to be done in VC! 👉🏽 Video
HCP’s Henri Pierre-Jacques drops some gems on his morning routine that helps him stay productive!
Gems dropped 💎💎💎
Wakes up at least 1hr before his first call
Checks FB and LI for birthdays & life events
Listens to podcasts, reads the news, slack & emails
Awesome to see 10 HCP members on this Pitchbook list of 53 Black founders and investors! 💡💡
Top Diversity & Tech News 👀💸
Bank of America to Launch New Center for Black Entrepreneurship 👩🏾🚀👩🏾🚀
Notable funding to Black founders in 2020! 🚀🚀
Awesome list by Women 2.0 showing 100+ women owned Venture funds. 🚨🚨
Congrats to SoLo Funds on raising a $10mm Series A to continue supporting community-based lending! 📢📢
Savage X Fenty raises $115M in Series B Funding!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Let’s go! Congrats to Kindred Ventures on closing its second fund! ❣️❣️
Helpful Resources 💯 & Other Suggested Content 💡
Top 10 business tips every startup founder needs to know. 📚📚
This is a shortlist of 10 business tips that will enable you to make your tech business a successful venture.
Black American startup resource list ⚒️⚒️
742+ accelerators, incubators, investors, and more!
Mark Your Calendars – Save These Dates! 📅
This unique free course demystifies venture capital deals and startup financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs a definitive guide to secure funding. Open from March 7 - April 30.
Virtual Black Business Pitch Competition. Application deadline is March 7th! 👍🏽👍🏽
Each quarter, LABIC hosts a prize competition that provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative products, technologies, or services in particular industries.
A global pitch competition about using open data for climate action. Apply by March 12th!
Twice a year, Y Combinabtor’s latest batch of startups present to an invite-only audience of ~1,500 investors and media.
A prestigious year-long program designed to accelerate the nation’s top young entrepreneurs (ages 18-30) and their businesses. Applications are due by March 27th.
With that said, see you in March! ☘️☘️