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15 Dec

Killer Mike’s Greenwood Bank Raises $45 Million Funding Round

Killer Mike’s Greenwood Bank Raises  Million Funding Round
Greenwood Bank Raises Greenwood Bank Raises Despite recent controversy around his political loyalties, it seems Michael “Killer Mike” Render is not less than continuing to make good on his promise to assist empower Black communities and the BIPOC business ecosystem along with his latest move–and admittedly, it’s an enormous one. Per a press release shared with ESSENCE, Greenwood, the digital banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and businesses co-founded by Killer Mike, announced it closed a $45 million investment round led by Pendulum, an investment advisory firm. Other participating investors include Cercano Management, Cohen Circle, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, and NextEra Energy. They join Existing investors Bank of America, Citi Ventures, PNC, Popular, Truist Ventures, TTV Capital, and Wells Fargo. In response...
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13 Dec

Range Beauty Becomes First Black Woman-Owned Makeup Brand To

Range Beauty Becomes First Black Woman-Owned Makeup Brand To
An inclusive beauty that was born out of frustration just made history. After realizing that each makeup she used caused her eczema to flare up, Alicia Scott founded Range Beauty in 2018, an all-natural makeup line that soothes the skin as an alternative of just covering it. The founder recently appeared on ABC’s Range Beauty Takes Shark Tank pic.twitter.com/zD2uZAXyiD— Range Beauty (@RangeBeauty) November 26, 2022 Shark Tank and received an investment, the primary time that’s happened for a Black woman-owned beauty brand within the show’s history. Her product line includes foundation, primer, powder and body oil, all priced affordably for many who are fans of drug store beauty staples. “It was like the final word pitch for me,” Scott said as reported by the Atlanta Journal...
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11 Nov

Topicals Closes $10 Million Series A Funding Round –

Topicals Closes  Million Series A Funding Round –
Topicals, the skincare brand founded by Olamide Olowe in 2020, has added latest investors to its roster. The brand closed a $10 million series A funding round led by Cavu Consumer Partners. That brings the brand’s total amount of funding to $15 million. Investors within the brand include Gabrielle Union, Kelly Rowland and Hannah Bronfman, amongst others. Olowe sought to reinvent the ointment category, as she put it, and said the brand’s disciplined range of seven stock keeping units was resonating broadly. “We address the chronic skin condition market — things that you usually find in a Walgreens or CVS,” she said, adding that she goals to deal with skin concerns with a prestige flair. The brand’s success is “a testament to how...
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1 Nov

Affiliate Marketing Platform Shop My Raises $8 Million in

Affiliate Marketing Platform
Affiliate Marketing Platform Affiliate Marketing Platform ShopMy, a platform that permits creators to streamline their internet online affiliate marketing and paid sponsorships efforts with brands that's utilized by the likes of Gucci Westman and Olivia Palermo, has closed $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Granite Telecom chief operating officer Rand Currier, in addition to a gaggle of personal investors including Justin Kan, the founding father of video livestreaming service Twitch, which he sold to Amazon in 2014. ShopMy, formerly referred to as ShopMy Shelf, was founded in 2020 by Chris Tinsley, Harry Rein and Tiffany Lopinsky — a trio of technologists out of MIT and Harvard — to simplify the monetization process for creators who ceaselessly share their...
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