Dallas, TX
Shreveport, LA
Houston, TX
Detroit, MI
Norton, MA
Brooklyn, NY
New York City
Columbus, OH
Baltimore, MD
Washington, DC
Upper Marlboro, MD
Louisville, KY
Hoover, AL
Atlanta, GA
Homestead, FL
18 Companies,
15 Cities
The Fall '22 cohort's backgrounds and companies are just as diverse as their locations. They're solving real problems for real customers in many industries — including bath leisure, remote worker childcare, small business cyber security, energy equity, healthcare, and tech-enabled professional services.
$2.6MM
Total 2021 Revenue (avg. of 1.2 FT employees)
More Than 40,000 Total Customers...
$105,704
Total Monthly Reocurring Revenue
These brilliant and dynamic entrepreneurs came to our cohort with several notable customers, partners, and funders.
$28,750
Average Total Funding Raised To-Date
FUN FACT: Our Fall '22 cohort comprises
not just one, but two, Black women beekeepers.
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Sherry Robinson
Atlanta, GA
ACTN Strategies
Aesthetic Beads & Essentials
Kina Abrams
Detroit, MI
Aquila Leon-Soon New York City, NY
ATS+Partners
Risk management consulting services, including cyber security for small businesses
Handcrafted herbal body care products made with only high-quality, sustainably sourced ingredients
Corporate DE&I as a service company helping customers find and recruit top, diverse executive and board-level talent
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Camille Newman Brooklyn, NY
Body By Love
The first bath leisure line exclusively for plus-sized bodies, starting with luxurious Turkish cotton towels made to comfortably fit plus-sized women up to a size 3X
Olesha Haskett
Upper Marlboro , MD
Boudoir For Black Womxn
A community-led company redefining Black womxn’s relationship with beauty and their bodies through Boudoir photography, starting with the first online directory of Black womxn Boudoir photographers
Timmorah Yisrael
Hoover, AL
Casa De Madre
Burgeoning food-based business creating a new category of cuisine, serving up traditional southern Soul Food staples with a Latinx flair
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Marissa Nelson
Washington, D.C.
Fertility Haven
100% Bamboo
Dutchess Hamilton
Detroit, MI
Michelle Bennett Columbus, OH
Golden Ink Mobile Notary
AI chatbot that enables fertility companies to reduce treatment drop-out rates by providing real-time, customized mental health support throughout the IVF/ART process
Pure bamboo, eco-friendly, fragrance-free, and biodegradable toilet paper (and seat covers) with more sheets in fewer roles for households and large companies looking to save money while saving the planet
Mobile and virtual Notary-as-a-Service for law firms, accounting firms, and clients who are homebound, in nursing facilities, and those needing notary services outside of traditional business hours
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Ivy Lawson
Norton, MA
Michelle Singh
Homestead, FL
Jayda Halsell
Louisville, KY
Ivyees Everything Honey
Raw-honey-based products — sustainably sourced from Jamaica, East Africa, and the Amazon region of Peru to provide consumers of color with non-toxic, safe, healthy, and organic alternatives made for them
LCT-E Learning Solutions
Proprietary methodology-based professional development training that enables schools and teachers to improve student achievement, build quality relationships, and bridge cultural gaps
My Learning & Activity Center
Building the future of childcare by equipping entrepreneur support organizations with safe, reliable, and tech-enabled childcare services
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Ivory Davis
Shreveport, LA
Rosenthal Consulting Solutions
Spanish for Black Girls
Kaywanda Lamb
Dallas, TX
Bupe Mulenga
Detroit, MI
Stephens Southern Delights
Equipping a new healthcare workforce through professional development training for Black nurses in the emerging medical cannabis field
Expands business and professional opportunities by enabling Black women to become bilingual through self-paced premium digital courses and community
Giving you a taste of home with southern-flavored ice cream custom-created for the ingredient-sensitive, food-conscious consumer
MEET THE COHORT 🎉
Catherine Flowers
Houston, TX
TCF Professional Services
Building the first nationwide, minority-owned energy company with a focus on energy equity and reducing energy poverty through tech-enabled, cost-saving, and life-sustaining electric utility services
Dr. AJ Austin
Atlanta, GA
The International Center for Life Coach Training
Accessible online life coaching certification for Black Christian women enabling them to become professionally trained through a 24-hour Self-Study program.
Syvonne Carter
Baltimore, MD
Vonciere
Exclusive Chief of Staff services for executives, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations with a commitment to community engagement, empowerment, and social progress
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