Curly-coily and cool: The UK app Frobelles seeks to empower…
Yvonne Ottley created Frobelles, the UK’s first afro hair championing game, for her daughter Alyssa who was six at the time and loved all the typical avatar style dress up apps. Yvonne already told her daughter about textures and all the amazing things that afro hair could do. Games,…
Top 5 organizations helping African entrepreneurs scale globally
In January, African startups raised a total of $74 million across 24 deals, with AgriTech, FinTech, and CleanTech leading the way. Most founders, however, don’t scale in the U.S. and globally because of immigration barriers and limited access to capital. Here are just a few organizations that are helping…
What’s up with the ten immigrant-led unicorns 500 Global invested…
San-Francisco based venture firm 500 Global boasts a list of unicorns, those startups with a valuation of at least $1 billion, including ten launched by foreign-born entrepreneurs. Some founders, however, have experienced the downside of rapid growth and were eventually fired by investors. Others navigate valuation cuts amid challenging…
This immigrant founder makes virtual objects a reality to educate…
Toly Sherbakov is working with more than 25 U.S. educators to develop content for his app, Magic Kids. One day, he believes, children will create a better world. But his native Russia, living under an authoritarian regime, is moving backwards — as men of Sherbakov’s age flee the Kremlin’s…