Local venture capital firm Black Founders Matter is encouraging their entire industry to be more intentional about engaging BIPOC women through both investments and employment. And they’ve launched an effort called the 25 by 25 VC Diversity Pledge to formalize it.
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New group forming for ‘underrepresented’ Portland startup founders

For more, visit Portland Startups Slack.
Identifying BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ challenges and bias in the digital landscape
Portland agency Avenue, an immigrant, BIPOC, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and woman-owned business, is gathering information and insights from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ owned businesses with the hopes of using the results to help guide its efforts in addressing bias in digital marketing.
Read MoreOregon Sports Angels replay: Investing in BIPOC Founders
If you missed the Oregon Sports Angels webinar this week on “Investing in BIPOC Founder-led Companies,” they have posted the replay.
REMINDER: Investing in BIPOC Founders, November 10 at 4:30PM
Oregon Sports Angels hosts a virtual gathering to discuss investing in BIPOC founders, Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 4:30PM via Zoom.