By Tony O. Lawson Founders First Capital Partners has raised $18.59 million for its Change Catalyst Fund II as the firm ...

By Tony O. Lawson Infino, an AI infrastructure startup co-founded by Ekechi Nwokah, has emerged from stealth with $7.5 ...

Detroit-based James Group has crossed $1 billion in annual revenue following its acquisition of EnovaPremier, a Louisville-based tire and wheel assembly supplier. Under CEO Lorron James, the company ...

Solange Knowles has once again redefined cultural stewardship. This time, with the launch of the Saint Heron Library—a new free digital archive and physical lending library dedicated to rare, ...

The real estate development industry has long been dominated by white-owned companies, with only a small fraction of the 112,000 firms in the United States being Black-owned. However, Black real ...

By Tony O. Lawson SoLa Impact built its business on private investment and Opportunity Zone capital. For Broadway & Imperial, a 166-unit development in South Los Angeles, the firm is turning to federa ...

Swella Beauty is on a mission to transform the hair braiding experience for Black women across the U.S. Despite over 13 million Black women struggling to find reliable and high-quality braid services, ...

A team of Black developers is set to transform 222 acres of land in Birmingham, Alabama into an estimated 900 residential units, single-family, multi-family, and senior housing with a project that has ...

Do you appreciate a good candle? We do. We’ve personally tried products from a few of these Black owned candle companies and literally have some of them scattered around the house right now.

The New York Times hit the nail on the head when dance and cultural critic Roslyn Sulcas deemed tap dancer Joseph Webb “no doubt, a natural star,” albeit “too hard to categorize.” This is because he, ...

In 2007 Tyler Perry purchased his first studio lot. A year ago, the property was put for sale (for $25 million), so that the company could move to a larger studio on the grounds of an old abandoned ...

Black owned farms make up less than 2 percent of all farms in the United States. According to a recent report, Black farmers lost 80 percent of their farmland from 1910 to 2007, often because they ...