Black Venture Summit Prize | Tsai CITY

The Black Venture Summit Grand Prize awards $20,000 of non-dilutive capital to an early-stage startup, whose venture addresses a pressing need in Black communities, and/or whose founders or co-founder(s) identify as Black or African American. Ventures led by non-Yale students must be based in CT, MA, RI, and NY to be eligible.

This prize is a partnership between CT Next, Tsai CITY, and Yale School of Management’s Black Business Alliance.

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Questions about the Black Venture Summit Prize?

For questions about the Black Venture Summit Prize, email Zoe Hunter.

Startup Yale

The Black Venture Summit Prize is part of Startup Yale, a collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, InnovateHealth Yale, Dwight Hall, and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale.