Stories about Black-owned companies and the founders building them.
From a Brooklyn brownstone to a nationwide lender, Marcus Bell explains how underwriting small businesses the banks ignored became a $200M platform.
By Amara Johnson · July 22, 2026 | 9 min read
Kindred Foods is rebuilding regional food distribution around small farms and independent grocers, shortening a supply chain most shoppers never see.
By Dana Reeves · July 21, 2026 | 6 min read
Simone Okafor traded a staff engineering seat for a contract-review company now used by thousands of in-house legal teams. She explains the trade-offs.
By Amara Johnson · July 20, 2026 | 8 min read
A survey of twelve companies working on targeted therapies, diagnostics, and trial diversity — and what their funding patterns say about the field.
By Ellis Grant · July 19, 2026 | 11 min read
What began as a monthly dinner for six Detroit founders now runs a shared services desk, a lending circle, and a hiring network other cities are copying.
By Nia Carter · July 18, 2026 | 5 min read
Vera builds fulfillment automation cheap enough for mid-sized warehouses — and manufactures it a few miles from the customers who use it.
By Dana Reeves · July 17, 2026 | 7 min read
Jordan Wells spent seven seasons in the NFL and now writes early checks. He talks about discipline, deal flow, and why he only backs operators.
By Ellis Grant · July 16, 2026 | 6 min read
Cost, community, and a widening pool of local capital are pulling founders to the Gulf Coast. Six who moved explain what changed for them.
By Nia Carter · July 15, 2026 | 8 min read
New funding goes toward company verification, an expanded public dataset, and a larger recruiting team serving employers on the platform.
By IndeedBlack Team · July 14, 2026 | 4 min read
A handful of Atlanta studios have moved from campaign work to long-term enterprise retainers. Their operators explain how the pitch changed.
By Nia Carter · July 12, 2026 | 7 min read
We reviewed five years of funding data on Black-founded companies and found three patterns that complicate the usual narrative.
By Ellis Grant · July 10, 2026 | 10 min read
Peer groups with a few members and a weekly meeting are outperforming formal accelerators for many first-time founders. Here is why.
By Amara Johnson · July 8, 2026 | 5 min read