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Google Black Founders Fund grant recipients Joseph Akintolayo of Deposits.com and Marcus Cooksey of Duke.AI.
Dallas Startups Deposits.com and DUKE.AI Land Google As New Backer
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 8, 2022
Two Dallas companies have been awarded $100,000 each by the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, which aims to help close racial disparities in VC funding given to diverse founders. The startups will also receive Google Cloud credits and hands-on support from Google. They join several other North Texas companies that received earlier grants from the fund.
“Across the U.S., there are amazing Black startup founders who are building great companies yet are locked out of access to the funding that's critical to their success,” Google wrote in a blog post.
by Alex Edwards |
Jul 13, 2020
The Dallas Cowboys linebacker and his team at the Minority Entrepreneurship Institute hosted a "Shark Tank"-style pitch competition to help Texas-based minority entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 25, 2019
After suffering a devastating knee injury in college, the linebacker says he's seen the benefits of the therapy firsthand.
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