A Former English Teacher-Turned-Entrepreneur Launched A VC Firm To Empower Black Women Founders

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated January 31, 2023

Dr. Rashae Barnes has recently joined a very exclusive club: a Black woman VC fund founder focused specifically on Black investment. There are fewer than 700 venture capital firms in the U.S. owned and led by Black women. Barnes is aiming to change this.

Her new firm Evals Equity was founded this year after she recognized a huge disparity in capital and resources

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