Black ownership shows up not just in stories, but in the products we choose to invest in daily. This curated selection of Black-owned luxury gifts […]
Category: Black Enterprise
Harith to Acquire FlySafair, South Africa’s Largest Domestic Airline   Â
By Tony O. Lawson Harith General Partners has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire 100 percent of FlySafair, South Africa’s largest domestic airline […]
Smart Bricks Raises $5M to Automate Real Estate Investing   Â
By Tony O. Lawson Smart Bricks has raised $5 million in a pre-seed round to build what it describes as an AI-native operating layer for […]
Alaffia Health Raises $55M to Improve Healthcare Claims Operations   Â
By Tony Lawson Alaffia Health has raised $55 million in Series B funding, led by Transformation Capital, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $73 […]
Howard University Gallery of Art Lends Elizabeth Catlett Works to Major Exhibition on Black Women’s Historical Memory   Â
The Howard University Gallery of Art has loaned works by Elizabeth Catlett to She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory, an exhibition […]
Project Level Announces $250M First Close for Women’s Sports Fund   Â
By Tony Lawson Project Level has completed a $250 million first close, establishing one of the largest dedicated investment vehicles focused exclusively on women’s sports. […]
Silverbacks’ Chairman On Risk, Conviction, and Global Investing   Â
By Tony Lawson By any institutional standard, investing demands discipline, sequencing, and patience. Determining when conviction has been earned and when capital should move requires […]
Waymo Raises $16 Billion To Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing Operations   Â
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Alphabet, announced it has raised $16 billion in new funding to expand its driverless ride-hailing service and scale its […]
Buying the System: Franchising as Ownership   Â
Entrepreneurship is often described as creating something new. An individual develops an idea, builds a product, finds customers, and slowly turns uncertainty into a business. […]
The Difference Between Wealth Management and Asset Management   Â
The terms wealth management and asset management are often used interchangeably, but they describe two fundamentally different functions within the financial system. Understanding the distinction […]