When it comes to connecting and investing in businesses founded by Black entrepreneurs, the United States continues to lag behind. Prior to making an investment, major VCs are risk averse and seek for established patterns of success. Black and minority would-be entrepreneurs lack access to the capital they need to get their businesses off the ground in the first place. To make the startup, entrepreneurial, and investment processes more equitable, progressive-led and-owned org

When it comes to connecting and investing in businesses founded by Black entrepreneurs, the United States continues to lag behind. Prior to making an investment, major VCs are risk averse and seek for established patterns of success. Black and minority would-be entrepreneurs lack access to the capital they need to get their businesses off the ground in the first place. To make the startup, entrepreneurial, and investment processes more equitable, progressive-led and-owned org

The leaders that are not white, do not come from well-resourced communities, and do not have intergenerational wealth. The barriers they face are rooted in racism that cuts across all systems and sectors, from financial to philanthropy. Without access to financial and nonfinancial resources, Black and Brown movement leaders and social entrepreneurs face substantial roadblocks that prevent them from accomplishing their vision and expanding their work. #Implicitbias and unfound

One of the most important drivers of success for small-business entrepreneurs is access to guidance. An accountant, a skilled professional who is well-versed in managing a business' financials and can provide guidance on major business decisions, is the most important advisor a small-business owner can have. Their chances of success improve when they have access to the correct assistance and technology to better understand their financial situation. The accounting profession

We are honored to welcome #DerekCampbell as an #advisor for #VersityPartners. He is the Executive Chairman of African Metals Group and the Alpha Sierra Group. He brings expertise in energy, natural resource, and infrastructure value chains in the Emerging and Frontier markets. He is also a distinguished fellow with the Global Federation of the competitiveness Council. He is also a regular on the international Energy and Natural Resource lecture circuit, speaking as an authori

Pradeep Menon We are honored to welcome #Pradeep Menon as an #advisor for #VersityPartners. He is the Managing Director heading the Investing and Advisory business at Refinitiv. He brings over 25 years of expertise in the financial services industry working in New York, London, and Hong Kong. He also has experience in fundraising, negotiating JV's, strategic partnerships. His specialties are risk management, data science, SaaS, and entrepreneurship He co-founded, RiskMetrics

The first step of any change is having a realistic understanding of the current status and setting SMART (specific measurable achievable realistic and time-bound) goals. This video is long but is definitely worth watching. It walks you through the #ushistory in the context of #slavery giving a detailed account of changes in laws and practices. It's the real version of history, not a beautified glorified textbook version. It's hard to believe but #forcedlabour = #moderndayslav

With the internet boom and the growth of ICT technologies, a lot of wealth has been created. However, this creates a bigger #racialwealthgap as technology and opportunity access is not equally distributed. This applies at an individual, community, and country level. Though technological advancement is great, we cannot live just with technologies. We still need #brickandmortar businesses and basic business services that could be technology-enhanced but still need professionals

We are honored to have E. David Ellington as an #advisor for Versity Partners. He is an entrepreneur, board member, advisor, trustee, and attorney. He brings expertise in Institutional asset allocation, Private Equity/Venture Capital, Digital Assets, Smart Contracts, Distributed Ledger and ‘Blockchain’ Technologies, Fintech SaaS energy market trading platforms, real-time 'big data', predictive analytics, Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms, Advising on international busine