The Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in supporting women of color entrepreneurs, has agreed to shut down its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement with the ...
A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was ...
The Fearless Fund is ready to start anew. The Fearless Fund says it will not retreat just one year after settling a high-profile lawsuit that accused the Atlanta-based venture capital firm of ...
Fearless Fund CEO Arian Simone listens to a speaker during a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.. Photo: Getty Images In August 2023, the AAER, a conservative nonprofit group, sued ...
The year was 2017. The Women’s March was still going strong, the #MeToo movement was at its zenith, and on March 8, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the investment firm State Street Global ...