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Serena Williams' Starfire Ventures Leads $3M Seed Round For Presale Marketplace

Serena Williams' Starfire Ventures led a $3 million seed round for Trace, a presale fashion marketplace, with participation from Shakti VC.

Oct 19, 2026

Maxie J Wants To Bring 100,000 Women Through Her ScaleCOM Funnel Into E-Commerce

Maxie J is using her platform to teach other women how to build e-commerce brands.ScaleCOM Club, an education platform for women building product-based e-commerce brands, is launching with Sell With Strategy, Sis, a live masterclass on the marketing framework Maxie has used to build her business.

Oct 19, 2026

Efosa Obano Walked Away From His Career At Dell Technologies To Support Black Canadian Founders

Efosa Obano left his career at Dell Technologies to focus full-time on the Black Founders Network, which supports founders in Canada.

Oct 19, 2026

Doja Cat Filmed Her Tour Documentary Herself

Doja Cat gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at her world tour in a new documentary filmed using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

Oct 16, 2026

Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine, The Nation's Fifth Historically Black Medical Institution, Receives Preliminary Accreditation To Address Physician Shortage

Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine has received preliminary accreditation to enroll students and address the physician shortage.

Oct 16, 2026

Why Daymond John Rejected A $1.3B Credit Line From A Bank

Why Daymond John rejected a $1.3 billion line from a bank working with the top 1,000 companies in the world.

Oct 15, 2026

Uncle Nearest’s Mystery Buyer Reportedly Backs Out — Now What?

The mystery buyer for the whiskey brand Uncle Nearest has dropped out, and three new potential buyers have emerged.

Oct 15, 2026

Bryson Tiller Is Turning The 'Brutal Industry' Of Music Into A Video Game

Artist Bryson Tiller is releasing a video game through his company about how brutal the music industry can be in 2027.

Oct 15, 2026

Stacey Rusch Broke A Barrier In Virginia’s Cannabis Industry, And Now She’s Scaling Her Brand Into New Markets

Stacey Rusch spent years selling other companies’ products on QVC. Now she’s focused on her own. 'The Real Housewives of Potomac' star is the founder of Shayo, a cannabis-infused wellness brand that launched in Virginia’s medical cannabis market

Oct 15, 2026

Ja Rule Is In The Process Of Raising $5M-$7M For His Whiskey Brand To Expand Into New Markets

Ja Rule is in the midst of raising $5 million to $7 million for his whiskey brand to move into new markets in the next year.

Oct 14, 2026

Grambling State University Awarded $350K To Advance Biomedical Research And STEM Pathways

Grambling State University has been awarded a $350K NIH GROW contract to promote biomedical research and STEM pathways.

Oct 14, 2026

Michelle Obama Pledges Over $1M To Grassroots Organizations Uplifting Young Girls In Education And Leadership

Michelle Obama pledges over $1 million to grassroots organizations uplifting young girls in education and leadership all over the world.

Oct 14, 2026

Sandra Crespo Says a Random Ask From a PhD Student Changed Her Career — Now She Pays It Forward at AFROTECH™

Crespo spoke at AFROTECH™ Conference last year, when she was more than 25 speaking engagements deep.“I was in grind season,” she said, “moving at a pace that left very little room to actually feel the impact of what I was building.”

Oct 14, 2026

Naomi Ackie On Why Modestly-Budgeted Superhero Movies Like ‘Clayface’ Make Business Sense: ‘The Payback Could Be More’

DC Studios has spent hundreds of millions on its biggest superhero movies. 'Clayface' is going a different route, and Naomi Ackie thinks that’s to its advantage.

Oct 14, 2026

Grace Hopper Celebration Canceled: A Big Loss For Women In Tech This Year

Now that the Grace Hopper Celebration has been canceled for 2026, many people are wondering what happens next for women in tech.

Oct 13, 2026