According to CB Insights data, only one percent of venture capital-backed tech companies are founded by Black American entrepreneurs. This is despite the fact that diverse founding teams have proven to regularly outperform homogenous ones.  

To help Black American entrepreneurs find resources available to help them, we released v1 of the Black American Startup Ecosystem Canvas in February 2020, in celebration of Black History Month. This first release included over 300 startup resources across the U.S., organized by stage.  

Since that time, the racial inequities in our society have come to the forefront, and as a result dozens of new funds, organizations, and resources have been created to push Black American entrepreneurship forward (including the Black American Founder Fellowship, by the Founder Institute).

To keep up with the times we are now releasing an updated 2021 version of the Black American Canvas (v4), with over 742 resources listed. While we spent many hours on this research, more input is needed. Please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document to help us complete the list.

Below we have included a text version, for ease of searching & hyperlinking to all resources:

Startup Stages

There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. IDEA-STAGE 

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

1. Inspire

1. Startup Media: Centralized information, listings, and news around African American entrepreneurship (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters, etc)

1. AfroTech

2. BDPA Today
3. Blackque247
4. Black Enterprise - Technology
5. Black Excellence - Business
6. Black Founders NewsleTechnologytter
7. Black Tech Mecca - Reports
8. Black Tech Unplugged
9. Black Tech Women
10. Black Wall Street
11. Black Women Talk Tech Blog
12. Blackledstartups.com 
13. Blacks in Technology - Stories
14. Blavity
15. Diversify Tech
16. For Colored Girls Who Tech Newsletter
17. Good Black News - Technology
18. GSVlabs - Passport Scholarship for Black Founders
19. Mogul Millennial
20. People of Color in Tech
21. Startup Digest Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
22. The Network Journal - Black Entrepreneurs
23. The Network Journal - Technology
24. ThePLUG
25. Urban Trendsetters: Tech News
26. UrbanGeekz
27. Wearable Tech Ventures 

2. Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events specifically for African American entrepreneurs/ aspiring entrepreneurs (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups) 

1. #blackcomputeHER Conference

2. A3C Conference and Festival
3. AfroTech World
4. A Tribe Called Tech Conference
5. BDPA National Conference
6. BITCon
7. BlackByte
8. Black Designers Ignite
9. Black is Tech Conference
10. Black Tech for Black Lives
11. Black Tech Master Series
12. Black Tech NOLA
13. Black Technology Professionals - BTP NY
14. BlackTech Meetup
15. BlackTech Miami
16. Blacktech Week
17. Black Wall Street: Homecoming
18. Black Women Talk Tech
19. Data 4 Black Lives Conference
20. Entrepreneur Accelerator Summit
21. Graveti Summit
22. MiTECH
23. MogulCon
24. NBMBAA Conference
25. NOVELDAY 
26. T.H.E. Summit
27. Tech Inclusion
28. TechFam
29. Tech: To Elevate Color in Hiring
30. Texas Black Expo
31. The Codette Project
32. The State of Black Design
33. Women of Power Tech Conference

2. Educate

1. Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events specifically for African American entrepreneurs/ aspiring entrepreneurs (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspirate, like 1 Million Cups, Startup Grind, Startup Founder 101, etc).

1. #blackcomputeHER

2. < BLK hack >
3. 1 Million Cups
4. ATL Black Tech
5. bccelerator
6. Black Blockchain: New York
7. Black Female Founders
8. Black Founders
9. Black in Tech: Food and Hacking
10. Black Tech Columbus
11. Black Tech Link
12. Black Tech Matters
13. Black Tech Nation
14. Blacks in Technology
15. Blacks in Technology: Dallas
16. Blacks in Technology: Los Angeles
17. Blacks in Technology: Washington, DC
18. Blogalicious
19. Chicago Blacks in Technology
20. Cincinnati Blacks In Technology Meetup
21. Crebul
22. ImBlackInTech
23. Knox St. Studios
24. Minority Programmers Association
25. Novel City Chamber of Innovation 
26. PDX Blacks in Technology Meetup
27. Philly Startup Leaders
28. Startup Founder 101
29. Startup Grind
30. TECHQUITY
31. The Black Mastermind Group
32. Roxbury Innovation Center

2. Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development organizations that are either 100% focused on African Americans, or have specific programs geared towards increasing African Americans in entrepreneurship. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc)

1. /dev/color

2. Ada Developers Academy
3. Alchemy Code Lab
4. All Star Code
5. American Underground
6. Ayoo Africa Tech DC
7. Baltimore Black Entrepreneurs & Startup Founders
8. Bccelerator
9. Black Ambition
10. Black and Brown Founders
11. Black Code Collective
12. Black Girls Code
13. Black Men Code
14. Black Tech Boston
15. Black Technologist
16. BLKTECHCLT
17. BLUE1647
18. Careers in Code
19. City Startup Labs
20. Claim Academy
21. Code Fellows
22. Code Success @ NSBE
23. Code2040
24. Coding Dojo
25. Columbia HBCU Fellowship
26. DevLeague
27. DevPoint Labs
28. DigitalCrafts
29. Founder Institute Black Founder Fellowship
30. Fullstack Academy
31. Galvanize
32. General Assembly
33. Grand Circus
34. Hack Reactor
35. Hackbright Academy
36. Kal Academy
37. Launch Academy
38. Lean Startup Machine
39. Metis
40. Millennial Entrepreneurs Redefined
41. MORTAR
42. Nation of Makers
43. National BDPA
44. National Coalition of 100 Black Women
45. New Relic Bootcamp Diversity Scholarship
46. NOLAVATE Black: New Orleans Black Tech Collective
47. Novel Professionals Accelerator 
48. Philly Tech Sistas
49. Pivot Technology School
50. PowerMoves Bootcamp
51. SEED SPOT
52. She Means Business Incubator
53. StartupBus Advancing Black Entrepreneurs
54. Startup Institute
55. Tech Diversified
56. Tech Elevator
57. The Black Upstart
58. The Hidden Genius Project
59. Trep House
60. We Build Black
61. We Can Code IT

3. Validate

1. Team Formation: Resources for African American entrepreneurs to team up (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. Atlanta Minorities in Technology

2. Bay Area Black Designers
3. Birmingham Black Techies
4. Black Business Association
5. Black Business Women Rock
6. Black Career Women's lo Network
7. Black Connect
8. Atlanta Minorities in Technology
9. Bay Area Black Designers
10. Birmingham Black Techies
11. Black Business Association
12. Black Business Women Rock
13. Black Career Women's Network
14. Black Connect
15. Black Founders of San Francisco Bay Area
16. Black in Tech STL
17. Black Professionals In Tech Network
18. Black Professionals Network
19. Black Tech Talent
20. Black Women in Technology: LA
21. Blerd – Black Nerds in Colorado
22. Boston Young Black Professionals
23. CoFoundersLab
24. Detroit Black Tech
25. Founder2be
26. FounderDating
27. National Black MBA Association
28. National Society of Black Engineers
29. NYC Black Designers
30. Ohio Black Entrepreneurs Network
31. Organization of Black Designers
32. Saint Louis Black Entrepreneurs Meetup
33. Silicon Beach Diversity
34. South Florida Black Professionals Network
35. STL Professionals & Entrepreneurs of African Diaspora Meetup
36. TechCofounder
37. Technologists of Color
38. Tribe Called T.E.C.H.
39. Valence.community 

2. Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build, specifically for African American entrepreneurs (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)

1. BE Smart Hackathon

2. Black Developers Meetup
3. Black Girls Code Hackathon
4. Black Lives Matter Hackathon
5. Black Orlando Tech
6. Blackspace
7. Coding in Color
8. Columbia DivHacks
9. Frauvis Low Code Hackathon - Build For Us. Build For The Community.
10. Hack Excellence: HBCU Hackathon Edition
11. Hack for Justice Hackathon
12. Hack the Gap
13. Hack.Diversity
14. HBCU Computer Science Department Chairs’ Hackathon
15. iD8 Hackathon
16. LA Makerspace
17. MBKHEALTH Hackathon 
18. National Day of Civic Hacking

2. LAUNCH-STAGE 

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

1. Start

1. Establish: Law firms & banks for startups with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups  

1. 1st Choice Credit Union

2. Alamerica Bank
3. Allgaier Patent Solutions
4. AXS Law
5. Broadway Federal Bank
6. Carver Federal Savings Bank
7. Carver State Bank
8. Citizens Bank
9. Citizens Trust Bank
10. Columbia Savings & Loan Association
11. Commonwealth National Bank
12. Credit Union of Atlanta
13. Culhane Meadows
14. Dayna Thomas Law
15. Edwards Sutarwalla PLLC
16. Faith Community Credit Union
17. FAMU Federal Credit Union
18. Fenwick & West
19. First Independence Bank
20. First Legacy Community Credit Union
21. First Security Bank
22. FisherBroyles
23. Foley & Lardner
24. Franklin Square Law Group
25. GN Bank
26. Greater Kinston Credit Union
27. Greenberg Traurig
28. Gunderson Dettmer
29. Hill District Federal Credit Union
30. Hope Credit Union
31. Industrial Bank
32. KMR Law Group
33. Law For Black Lives
34. Liberty Bank
35. Looby Law
36. M&F Bank
37. Metro Bank
38. Miles & Stockbridge
39. OneUnited Bank
40. Opportunity Finance Network
41. Optus Bank
42. SEED Law
43. Sirote
44. SJS Law Firm
45. South Side Community Federal Credit Union
46. St. Louis Community Credit Union
47. The Arthur Firm
48. The Fairley Firm
49. The Harbor Bank of Maryland
50. The Law Offices of Max Elliott
51. Tolbert & Tolbert
52. Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union
53. Tri-State Bank
54. United Bank of Philadelphia
55. Unity National Bank
56. Unity National Bank
57. Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union
58. VSU Federal Credit Union
59. WilmerHale

2. Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups (note: “official” office space goes in 3.1.a. Infrastructure) 

1. All In Coworking of Inglewood

2. Bamboo Detroit
3. Black Dot Seattle
4. Black Tech Union
5. Blackbird House
6. Blue Lacuna
7. Business Lounge Dallas
8. C3 Lab
9. CAMPspace
10. Catalyst Spaces
11. Clout Workspace
12. Coalition Space
13. CoWork Street
14. Creative Colony
15. Creative Workspace @ HBA
16. Dream Village
17. EcoTech Visions
18. Equal Space
19. Ethel's Club
20. Evolve Oakland
21. Femology
22. Highlander Accelerator Coworking Space
23. I/O SPACES
24. Impact Hub
25. Inclusive Innovation Incubator Coworking Space
26. Input Lofts
27. LA Create Space
28. Locale Workspace
29. MLK Center Indy
30. New Women Space
31. Oakstop
32. Opportunity Hub
33. OSC Tech Lab
34. Perfect Office
35. Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
36. Second Shift Chicago
37. Space Called Tribe
38. SpaceLab Detroit
39. Station Loft Works
40. Synergy Coworking
41. TechSquare Labs
42. THE COMPOUND COWORK
43. The Cube Cowork
44. The Gathering Spot
45. The Harlem Collective
46. The Lab Nashville
47. The Startup Nest
48. The Urban Collective
49. TILA Studios
50. Vector90
51. WeWork
52. Work Evolution
53. Zora's House

2. Develop

1. Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups, with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups  

1. AATC

2. ActOne Group
3. Adelson Digital
4. AMM Bookkeeping
5. Anew HR Solutions
6. Banks, Finley, White & Company
7. Black Tech Jobs
8. Carrington & Carrington
9. CEPHR HR Consulting
10. Creative Juice
11. DIVERSANT
12. Grace & Associates CPA
13. Heyward CPA
14. Inspire U Apps
15. Jopwell
16. Luxurious Web Design
17. Minority Executive Search
18. Mitchell Titus
19. MoTek Technologies
20. Ronnie L. Darden, CPA
21. StandBy Talent

2. Prepare for Seed: Incubators and advanced mentorship with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources for startup TEAMS)

1. Bantunium Labs

2. Bayou City Lab
3. Black Dot
4. Black Founders Exchange
5. Catapult
6. Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship
7. City Startup Labs
8. Code2040
9. digitalundivided
10. Early Growth Black Founder Mentorship
11. Google for Startups
12. Harbor CDC
13. Halcyon
14. Inclusive Innovation Incubator
15. Incubator Without Walls
16. Minority Cannabis Incubator
17. Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
18. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
19. SMAART Incubator
20. Shaw University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
21. StartUP FIU Procurement
22. The Bronzeville Incubator
23. The Hood Incubator
24. The Startup Nest
25. The Urban Incubator
26. Youngstown Business Incubator

3. Launch

1. Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs with programs specifically targeting African Americans in startups (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)

1. 500 Startups

2. 1863 Ventures Pipeline
3. 1871
4. Bronze Valley Accelerator
5. Cincinnati Chamber Minority Business Accelerator
6. CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center
7. DivInc
8. Dreamit
9. Founder Gym
10. FundBlackFounders
11. Greenville Chamber Minority Business Accelerator
12. Hillman Accelerator
13. Impact Ventures Startup Accelerator
14. KiwiTech
15. MVP Accelerator
16. MWBE Accelerator
17. NewME
18. Nex Cubed, HBCU Founders Program
19. Opportunity Hub Entrepreneurship Accelerator
20. Plug and Play Tech Center
21. PowerMoves
22. Rocky Mountain MicroFinance (RMMFI)
23. Sistahbiz Global Network
24. Smarter in the City
25. Startup52
26. Tampa Bay Chamber Minority Business Accelerator
27. Techstars
28. The Farm Accelerator
29. Tumml
30. Vertical 404 Accelerator
31. Y Combinator

2. Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment)

1. $100,000 Pitch Competition

2. Black Founders Exchange Demo Day
3. Black Girl Ventures Pitch Competition
4. Black is Tech Conference Pitch Competition
5. Black New Venture Competition
6. digitalundivided Demo Day
7. DivInc Demo Day
8. Invest in Black Founders: a Netcapital Virtual Demo Day
9. KiwiTech Black Entrepreneurs Matter Demo Day
10. KiwiTech Minority Founders Demo Day
11. LA Black Investors Club Virtual Black Business Pitch Competition
12. MVMT50’s $100,000 Pitch Black Competition at SXSW
13. Pitch For Good: Black Founders Edition
14. PitchBlack
15. The NBMBAA Scale-Up Pitch Challenge

3. GROWTH-STAGE 

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

1. Recognition 

1. Investor Networking: Connect professional investors with founders, with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups  (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors)

1. Angel Investment Network

2. Black Angel Tech Fund
3. Black Angels Miami
4. BLCK VC
5. Culture Shift Weekend
6. Impact America Fund
7. LA Black Investors Club
8. Pipeline Angels
9. Portfolia
10. Startup Angels
11. Transparent Collective

2. Major Media: Mainstream local business press, with features specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion businesses)

1. Black Business

2. Black Business Journal

3. Black Enterprise

4. Black EOE Journal

5. Black News Channel

6. DiversityInc

7. Insight News

8. Minority Business Magazine

9. Minority Business News

10. Savoy

11. The Network Journal

2. Funding

1. Angels / Micro-VCs: Angel and seed-stage investors  

1. Prominent African American Angels

1. Adaora Udoji

2. Alex Nwaka
3. Arian Simone
4. Ati Okelo Williams
5. Brentt Baltimore
6. Brian Brackeen
7. Candice Matthews Brackeen
8. Charles Hudson
9. Darius Sankey
10. Daymond John
11. Ebony Pope
12. Eghosa Omoigui
13. Erica Duignan Minnihan
14. Erik Moore
15. Eugene Flood
16. Hamet Watt
17. Henri Pierre-Jacques
18. Jamison Hill
19. Jarrid Tingle
20. Jewel Burks Solomon
21. Joe Hurd
22. John Henry
23. Jon Gosier
24. Kanyi Maqubela
25. Ken Coleman
26. Lauren Maillian
27. Lorine Pendleton
28. Michael J. Howard
29. Monique Idlett-Mosley
30. Monique Woodard
31. Paul Judge
32. Rodney Sampson
33. Simone Castillo
34. Stephen DeBerry
35. Sydney Sykes
36. Timothy Reese
37. Troy Carter
38. Uriridiakoghene (Ulili) Onovakpuri
39. Valerie Mosley
40. William Crowder

2. Angel Investors with a focus on African Americans and other minorities in startups 

1. Alexis Ohanian

2. Anthony Saleh
3. Aydin Senkut
4. Bart Lorang
5. Ben Lin
6. Benjamin Ling
7. Bobby Yazdani
8. Brad Holden
9. Bradley C. Harrison
10. Brett Jackson
11. Chamath Palihapitiya
12. Daniel Pomp 
13. David Lee
14. David Teten
15. David Wanek
16. Dharmesh Shah
17. Elizabeth Kraus
18. Felix Shpilman
19. Garry Tan
20. Harj Taggar
21. Jeff Schox
22. Jerry Yang
23. Jude Gomila
24. Kal Vepuri
25. Lance White
26. Max Levchin
27. Michael Arrington
28. Naval Ravikant
29. Paul Sethi
30. Peter Kellner
31. Ram Shriram
32. Ryan T. Melohn
33. Steve Chen
34. Tony L. Chen

2. Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond

1. Prominent African American Venture Capitalists

1. Aaron Holiday (645 Ventures)

2. Abyah Nycole Wynn (Twenty65)

3. Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 Partners)

4. Adina Tecklu (Khosla Ventures)

5. AJ Okereke (Amity Ventures)

6. Allan Jean-Baptiste (KKR & Co.)

7. Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital)

8. Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital)

9. Del Johnson (Backstage Capital)

10. Diane Henry (Rogue Capital Collective)

11. Earnest Sweat (GreatPoint Ventures)

12. Edward Dugger III (Reinventure Capital)

13. Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners)

14. Frederik Groce (Storm Ventures)

15. Jacqueline Grant (Abingworth)

16. Javaughn Lawrence (Eniac Ventures)

17. Jill Ford (Toyota AI Ventures)

18. Karen Kerr (GE Ventures)

19. Kesha Cash (Impact America Fund)

20. Kwame Anku (Black Star Fund)

21. Lo Toney (Plexo Capital)

22. Marlon C. Nichols (MaC Venture Capital)

23. Megan Maloney (General Catalyst)

24. Melissa Bradley (1863 Ventures)

25. Mercedes Bent (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

26. Nasir Qadree (Pier 70 Ventures)

27. Nicole J. Walker (Baird Capital)

28. Peter Boyce II (General Catalyst)

29. Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity Partners)

30. Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital)

31. Shauntel (Poulson) Garvey (Reach Capital)

32. Tadia James (GingerBread Capital)

33. Tyler Dean (Point72 Ventures)

34. Tyson Clark (GV)

2. VCs with a focus on African Americans and other minorities in startups (NOTE: See also ‘The Black Founder List’)
1. 645 Ventures
2. 1863 Ventures
3. Accion Venture Lab 
4. Ascend Ventures
5. Aspect Ventures
6. Authentic Ventures
7. Backstage Capital
8. BASE
9. Base10 Partners
10. Black Angel Tech Fund
11. Black Founders Matter
12. Black Girl Ventures
13. Blue Run Ventures
14. Bootstrap Capital
15. Brightpath Capital Partners
16. Bronze VC
17. Brown Venture Group
18. Camelback Ventures
19. Catalyst Fund
20. Cleo Capital
21. Collab Capital
22. Connectivity Ventures Fund
23. digitalundivided
24. DiverseCity Ventures
25. Dreamit Ventures
26. EchoVC Partners
27. Fairview Capital
28. FEARLESS FUND
29. Felicis Ventures
30. Floodgate
31. Founders First Capital Partners
32. GenNx360
33. Gingerbread Capital
34. GV
35. Halcyon Angels
36. Harlem Capital
37. HBCUvc
38. Humble Ventures
39. ICV Partners
40. ID Ventures
41. Impact America Fund
42. Intel Capital
43. Kapor Capital
44. KEC Ventures
45. Lightship Capital
46. Lowercase Capital
47. MaC Venture Capital
48. New Age Capital
49. New Voices Foundation
50. Precursor Ventures
51. PS27 Ventures
52. Reach Capital
53. Realist Ventures
54. Reign Ventures
55. Reinventure Capital
56. Resilient Ventures
57. Ribbit Capital
58. Rough Draft Ventures
59. Serena Ventures
60. Social Capital
61. SoftTechVC
62. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant
63. The Black Founder List
64. Upfront Ventures
65. Valmo Ventures
66. Vertical 404
67. Village Capital
68. Vista Equity Partners
69. WE Venture

3. Growth

1. Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance, with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups  
3. 42Floors
4. Allstate
5. Astron Solutions
6. Athena Alliance 
7. Atlanta Life
8. Breather
9. Chubb
10. Cigna Health Insurance
11. Esurance
12. Farmers Insurance
13. Geico
14. Instant Offices
15. JER HR Group
16. Liberty Mutual
17. LiquidSpace
18. LoopNet
19. MetLife
20. New York Life Insurance Company
21. OfficeFinder
22. Out2Enroll
23. Phillip Rush Center
24. Progressive
25. Regus
26. SF LGBT Center
27. Sava Insurance Group
28. Shaw HR Consulting
29. State Farm
30. TechSpace
31. The Hartford
32. Travelers Insurance
33. Turnkey Office Space

1. Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants, with programs specifically targeting African Americans and other minorities in startups  (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
1. Accenture
2. Accion
3. Bain & Company
4. BearingPoint
5. Booz Allen Hamilton
6. Boston Consulting Group
7. Capgemini
8. Deloitte
9. Ernst & Young
10. FTI Consulting
11. Gartner
12. Grant Thornton
13. Hercorner
14. IMG Consulting
15. Kantar
16. Kearney
17. KPMG
18. L.E.K. Consulting
19. McKinsey & Company
20. Mercer
21. North Highland
22. Oliver Wyman
23. Protiviti
24. PwC
25. Roland Berger
26. Royal Consulting Firm
27. Tata Consultancy Services
28. The Barthwell Group

4. SUCCESS STORIES 

Notable technology companies that were founded by African Americans, or currently have an African American CEO.

3. 4D Healthware
4. ActOne Group
5. Andela
6. AptDeco
7. Bandwagon
8. Beauty Bakerie
9. Blavity
10. Blendoor
11. Cadre
12. CapWay
13. Civic Eagle
14. EnrichHER
15. Flutterwave
16. FUBU
17. Goodr
18. HireHer
19. Jobble
20. LendStreet
21. LISNR
22. Mayvenn
23. Mercaris
24. Mentor Spaces
25. Moving Analytics
26. Ovamba
27. Pathbrite
28. Pigeonly
29. Pindrop
30. PlayVS
31. Plum Perfect
32. PopCom
33. Quarrio
34. ReachEdu
35. Rubitection
36. Scholly
37. Shotspotter
38. Soldsie
39. Sproxil
40. Sudu
41. Sworkit
42. The Gathering Spot
43. The Mentor Method
44. Travel Noire
45. TruGenomix  
46. Uncharted Power
47. Upsie
48. Urban One
49. UrbanGeekz
50. World Wide Technology
51. Wyzerr

Supporters

To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. GOVERNMENT

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development  

3. African American Business Organizations 
3. African American Chamber
4. African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, and DE
5. Black Economic Alliance
6. Capital Pathways
7. Cincinnati Minority Business Collaborative
8. Greater Houston Black Chamber
9. Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
10. Greater Washington Black Chamber of Commerce
11. Minority Business Development Agency
12. National Black Business Council
13. National Black Business Support Corporation
14. National Black Chamber of Commerce
15. National Black & Latino Council
16. National Minority Business Council
17. National Minority Supplier Development Council
18. National Urban League Entrepreneurship Center
19. New York City Black Chamber of Commerce
20. SBA 8(a) Business Development Program
21. Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce
22. U.S. Black Chambers

Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Black American Startup Ecosystem Canvas on this collaborative Google document (This is a perpetual work in progress, and more input is needed!)

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