A Comprehensive Black American Startup Resource List

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Black American Startup Resource List: 200+ Accelerators, Incubators, Investors, and more

A Comprehensive Black American Startup Resource ListAccording to CB Insights data, only one percent of venture capital-backed tech companies are founded by black and African American entrepreneurs.

The Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build businesses that positively impact the world, no matter their location, background, race, age, or sexual orientation. Below is a list of people and organizations working to help black American founders build and grow businesses across the United States, throughout each stage of the entrepreneurial journey.

This is just a V1 draft, and while we spent many hours on this research, more input is needed. Please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document to help us complete the list. There are definitely omissions on this current version, and we're happy to have assistance from anyone who can help us in improving this resource!

Startup Stages

There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

  • Startup Media: Centralized information, listings, and news around African American entrepreneurship (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters, etc)
  1. AfroTech
  2. Black Enterprise - Technology
  3. Black Excellence
  4. Black Tech Women
  5. Black Wall Street
  6. Black Women Talk Tech Blog
  7. Blacks in Technology Stories
  8. Blavity
  9. Good Black News
  10. People of Color in Tech
  11. Startup Digest Diversity & Inclusion
  12. ThePLUG
  13. UrbanGeekz
  • Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events specifically for African American entrepreneurs/ aspiring entrepreneurs (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)
    1. AfroTech Conference
    2. BITCon
    3. Black is Tech Conference
    4. Black Tech Boston
    5. Black Technology Professionals - BTP NY
    6. Black Wall Street: Homecoming
    7. Black Women Talk Tech
    8. BlackByte
    9. BlackTech Miami
    10. Blacktech Week
    11. Graveti
    12. MiTECH
    13. TCX
    14. Tech Inclusion
    15. TechFam
    16. Texas Black Expo

B. Educate

  • Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events specifically for African American entrepreneurs/ aspiring entrepreneurs (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspirate, like 1 Million Cups, Startup Grind, Startup Founder 101, etc).
    1. < BLK hack >
    2. 1 Million Cups
    3. ATL Black Tech
    4. Black Blockchain: New York
    5. Black Founders
    6. Blacks in Technology
    7. Blacks in Technology: Dallas
    8. Blacks in Technology: Los Angeles
    9. Blacks in Technology: San Diego
    10. Blacks in Technology: Washington, DC
    11. Black Tech Matters
    12. Black Tech Nation
    13. Chicago Blacks in Technology
    14. Cincinnati Blacks In Technology Meetup
    15. ImBlackInTech
    16. Knox St. Studios
    17. PDX Blacks in Technology Meetup
    18. Startup Founder 101
    19. Startup Grind
    20. The Black Mastermind Group
  • Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development organizations that are either 100% focused on African Americans, or have specific programs geared towards...

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