HBCU Founders Initiative

Startup Look Book

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4

Years of Investing

75

Companies

$100M+

Total Capital Raised

68

Companies Still Active
You don’t have to look hard to find entrepreneurs chasing their dreams. However, when we started to look for information about HBCU founders building companies, we hit a dead end. The data wasn’t there. So we’re building it. 
All About Black Business, LLC
Invest In Your Nest
Sparc
Sparc is a social network where college students/professionals connect directly to hiring managers for career opportunities and to arrange recruiting events on-demand make money via coaching, tutoring, and events.
learnmutiny
learnmutiny is built to understand your wants and needs and deliver relevant information to you in the most concise and effective manner.
Feedcoyote
Taking Loneliness out of Freelance Work with a powerful Collaboration Network Platform that fuels efficiency.
Scholist App
Scholist app is a scholarship platform built to help students discover, apply and keep track of scholarships
kweliTV
kweliTV celebrates global black stories and amplifies black creatives through 600+ critically acclaimed indie films, documentaries, animation, web series, children’s shows and audio stories as well as live experiences.
BlexiTek
Blexitek is a studio of developers and visionaries on a mission use the latest technologies and methods to deliver products that will actively reduce the wealth gap and open opportunities in our communities.
Zuri Fertility
Zuri Fertility offers end-to-end fertility care via our mobile app, including complete fertility workups, telehealth appointments, at-home testing, education, longitudinal support, and care coordination. Zuri gives fertility patients earlier access to answers to save them time and money.
Cupcake Therapy
A Premium Nut-Free, Allergy-Friendly Cupcake Company
GABA
Career development for every stage in the lifecycle of becoming a Health Professional
Hewot
Behavior Change Made Possible for People with Chronic Kidney Disease
Idhini
Platform that increases clinical trials participation by addressing health disparities
Mel x Studio
A hybrid eLearning software that provides education in a simple, easily digestible, step by step format for new online teen business owners
Monocle
The first ever collaborative e-reader designed to enable connection while reading
Remnants
We are the "CBS Sports" of esports.
The HBCU HUB App
The world’s first app that connects students to recruiters at HBCUs
theia.ai
A software company that specializes in BIG Data processing
Trameter
Personalized travel tool that uses your interests to create bespoke travel packages in under a minute
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