One of my fav areas is eComm infrastructure, so reading Instacart's Public filing was very electrifying. I'm excited to share my deep dive into Instacart's S-1, dissecting the strategies fueling their success in the grocery eCommerce landscape 🚀🚀🚀

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Worked on this deal at Series A, so exciting to see it continue to blossom! Congrats Michael Vega-Sanz Mateo Vega-Sanz🦄 Lula

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Even specialized consumer investors are leaning out of consumer 😭😭😭

Cava, my favorite fast casual restaurant, went public earlier this month! If you haven't had a chance to review Cava's underlying performance, don't worry—I have completed an analysis of the company's S-1 statement. See below

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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity 🤝🏾

Unpopular opinion: If you can’t read a P&L, you shouldn’t be a CEO

Founders with grit >>>>

Thank you De'Havia Stewart for including me in your article alongside so many phenomenal women

Wow - thank you De'Havia Stewart for the mention! I’m more than proud to be listed among these game changers 👊🏽

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IT’S TIME TO LET IT OUT!

JOT - JUST ONE THOUGHT

TEST FLIGHT INVITES GO OUT TONIGHT 🤫

letitout.ai

Before the close of Black History Month, I would like to highlight some of the Black Tech leaders that inspire me (non-exhaustive).

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Despite the lack of diversity in the technology and venture capital sector, I’ve been lucky to find great tech leaders whom I admire and would like to shape my career after.

On a positive note, here is some positive news happening in the Web 3.0 / crypto space! Congrats QuickNode AB 🍊 QuickNode.com

Today, I’m officially announcing Cake Ventures (Cake Ventures) Fund I, a $17M seed and pre-seed fund to invest in founders building companies and products whose growth is accelerated by demographic change.
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One Black founder said an investor two months ago told him that he was perfect on paper.

“Let me know if you want feedback for your crowdfunding campaign,” the investor said next.

NEW: Crunchbase data given to TC shows that Black founders raised $264 million in Q4. Overall, Black founders raised about 1% of all VC funds allocated last year, a slight dip from 1.3% the year prior.

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Black founders still raised just 1% of all VC funds in 2022 tcrn.ch/3vMbhJM by @dominicmadori

Huge thanks to Atlanta Business Chronicle for featuring me on their Innovators Under 25 list

Toast to building a community on
Diversity, Equity (%), and Inclusion!

It was great to help host BLCK VC ATL's first community event

It was incredible to have founders from the Atlanta ecosystem join us and share more on their journey as venture backed founders based in ATL!