Black Venture Capital Firms

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Combined Graph record U-03031 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0045. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Eight Black-led VC firms driving inclusive investing; context: Q1 2026 was the strongest fundraising quarter for Black-led startups since mid-2022, per Crunchbase News data cited in the article

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Sources

• https://urbangeekz.com/2026/09/eight-us-based-black-led-venture-capital-firms-driving-inclusive-investing/ (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

UrbanGeekz directory of eight US-based Black-led VC firms (published Sept 28, 2026), fetched in full; all eight firms and their named founders confirmed as listed

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