BIPOC Grant-Giver And Fintech Platform ‘Hello Alice’ Discusses $130M Series C Close Amid Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated April 24, 2024

Hello Alice, a fintech co-founded by Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz, provided $25,000 grants t0 Black-owned small businesses earlier in 2022. Last year they were named in a lawsuit by anti-affirmative action conservatives that claimed they infringing on non-Black business owners’ civil rights.

Now, not only is Hello Alice fighting the suit, they have more than $130M in capital to back the effort and continue supporting

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