Fearless Fund settles lawsuit, ends Black woman-owned business …
WEB2 days ago · September 17, 2024. Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund, has agreed to end a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a 2023 lawsuit filed in federal court by the nonprofit American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER). Fearless Fund agreed to settle the …
Fearless Fund is shutting down its contested Strivers Grant …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Both parties said the Fearless Fund agreed to permanently close its Fearless Strivers Grant contest, which awards $20,000 to small businesses led by at least one woman of color and other requirements.
Nonprofits, Legal Experts React to the Fearless Fund Decision to ...
WEB2 days ago · The Fearless Fund said in social media posts that it will redouble its efforts to support “under-resourced entrepreneurs.” In settling, the fund said it avoided an adverse ruling in the conservative-leaning 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case was being heard, and stalled a possible Supreme Court hearing that would have tested the ...
Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · New York AP — A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging...
Fearless Fund is shutting down its contested Strivers Grant program
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Venture capital firm Fearless Fund and the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) have entered into a settlement agreement that will see the firm shutting down its Strivers Grant program.
A venture capital grant program for Black women officially ends …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, will shutter its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement, ending a year-long affirmative action battle. Here, co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone (center left) and Ayana Parsons (center right) speak to journalists …
Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was discriminatory, both sides announced Wednesday.
Fearless Fund grant program is discriminatory, appeals court rules : NPR
WEBJun 4, 2024 · A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended the venture capital firm's grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit ...
Federal appeals court blocks Fearless Fund from issuing grants to …
WEBJun 3, 2024 · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.
The Fearless Fund Lawsuit Is About More Than Just This Case - TIME
WEBJan 30, 2024 · The Fearless Fund, run by Arian Simone and Ayana Parsons, was sued by an organization led by Edward Blum and is now at the center of a major civil rights fight.