enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Black entrepreneurs and DEI efforts face complaints and ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/black-entrepreneurs-dei-efforts...

    The Fearless Fund has given $3.7 million to businesses through its grant programs and invested nearly $27 million in about 40 businesses ... The Driving Small Business Forward fund program, a ...

  3. Federal appeals court blocks Fearless Fund from issuing ...

    www.aol.com/federal-appeals-court-blocks...

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.

  4. Arian Simone says ‘not to act out of fear’ as Fearless Fund ...

    www.aol.com/finance/arian-simone-says-not-act...

    The cofounder of venture capital firm Fearless Fund was there to defend her firm's grant program for Black women entrepreneurs against a lawsuit brought by anti-affirmative action activist Edward ...

  5. The Fearless Fund founders are sticking to their investing ...

    www.aol.com/finance/fearless-fund-founders...

    The lawsuit alleges that Fearless Fund’s grant program, which awards Black women small business owners $20,000 four times a year in partnership with Mastercard, is discriminatory against ...

  6. Edward Blum (litigant) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blum_(litigant)

    The group's first lawsuit was in 2023 against the Fearless Fund, a venture capital fund that supports Black women business owners, it was founded to award grants to Black women who own small businesses through one of its programs. Blum's lawsuit challenges the legality of the grantmaking program under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

  7. Fearless Fund counsel: The court ruling barring grants to ...

    www.aol.com/finance/fearless-fund-counsel-court...

    The Fearless Fund is reviewing all options when it comes to responding to the 11th Circuit Court’s ruling and remains committed to its mission of investing in underrepresented groups, including ...

  8. Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business ...

    www.aol.com/fearless-fund-drops-grant-program...

    A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was ...

  9. They Didn't Plan to Be at the Center of a Civil Rights Battle ...

    www.aol.com/didnt-plan-center-civil-rights...

    What troubles Simone more is the unclear state of Fearless’s relationship with Mastercard, which launched the Fearless Strivers Grant program in partnership with the Fearless Fund in 2021 ...