New Voices Fund

CTL-E-4714 · Organization · other · 2017-

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Investment initiative created in the 2017 Unilever/Sundial sale to support women-of-color entrepreneurs.

Notes

RELP109 new supporting entity (2026-10-06): created to ground relationships/claims of the batch focal entities.

Relationships

Richelieu Dennis — founded by
The New Voices Fund was established by Dennis as part of the 2017 Unilever/Sundial sale.

Sources

Black Elites - How Richelieu Dennis Built a Billion-Dollar Beauty Brand

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