The ten founders below represent eight companies. Avante Price and Eli Taylor-Lemire share POSH’s $37 million Series B; Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka share Terra Industries’ $52 million seed round. Harper’s $46.8 million announcement combined seed and Series A financing.…
The estimated number of businesses owned by Black women rose 13% between 2024 and 2025, according to Wells Fargo’s 2026 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses report. The Wall Street Journal, which summarised the report, said the increase outpaced growth among businesses…
On November 15, 2024, eight founders pitched their companies in New York before judges from Carol’s Daughter, Slutty Vegan, Visa and Base Ventures. By the end of Black Ambition’s fourth Demo Day, 30 founders had received awards worth more than…
ForbesBLK published its first national assessment of 25 Black-owned businesses to watch on September 28, 2026. The companies employ more than 16,000 people collectively, Forbes reported. Coca-Cola Beverages Florida alone reported $2.2 billion in revenue for 2025. The group spans…
In a March 2026 interview with The Cut, Devin McGhee Kirkland, co-founder of beauty brand Deon Libra, called the founders’ unpaid salaries the company’s “biggest debt.” They had gone two years without pay and were entering a third. The interview…
