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✓ Roe v. Wade Overturned
✓ Affirmative Action Overruled
✓ DEI hangs in the balance
They are now coming after our ability to fund ourselves while remaining overlooked and under-resourced.
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The Fearless Fund, since 2019, has accelerated a goal to create a world where women of color have equal access to the resources and the support they need to succeed in business. They are committed to changing the landscape of business ownership not only in the United States, but also abroad. At this time, now more than ever, we all find ourselves at a crossroads and are each provided an opportunity to stand up for justice, equality, and belonging.
The Fearless Fund saw a significant gap in funding for women-owned businesses, particularly for women of color. The Fund created an opportunity for women of color-led businesses to seek pre-seed, seed level or series A financing. women of color are the unrecognized economic powerhouses that can build successful businesses, create jobs, generate revenue, and strengthen communities across the globe.
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A MESSAGE FROM ARIAN SIMONE
Built by women of color for women of color, we are proud of the work we have done at the Fearless Fund and Fearless Foundation with the consistent and invaluable support from our corporate partners, investors, mentors, and advisors.
In 2022, venture capital firms deployed $288 billion. Disturbingly, women of color founders received only 0.39% of the total funding.
Our vision is to promote a global society where marginalized and underrepresented communities are empowered with unbiased access to the resources and assistance that are critical to achieve business success. The overwhelming support of our work from communities across the country is remarkable; it is truly humbling. Thank you to our corporate partners (Ally, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, MasterCard, PayPal, Nike, tory Burch Foundation, Salesforce, Fifth Third Bank, Costco, General Mills, Equity Alliance, invest Atlanta, Florida A&M university, The Jump Fund, Wellington Management and LiSC) for your continued support.
At a time when efforts to advance equity are under attack, the mission of our fund and our commitment to principles of anti-discrimination could not be stronger. We stand firm in our purpose to provide a gateway to economic freedom.
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MEDIA ARCHIVES
Wall Street Journal: Minority Business Grants: A New Front in the Legal Battle Over Racial Preferences
Fortune: Arian Simone says ‘not to act out of fear’ as Fearless Fund appears in court over DEI lawsuit
TIME: They Didn’t Plan to Be at the Center of a Civil Rights Battle. Then the Fearless Fund Was Sued
CNN: Fearless Fund challenges court order blocking a grant program exclusively for Black women Entrepreneurs
Bloomberg: Fearless Fund CEO on Protecting Access to Capital
Bloomberg Law: Venture Fund’s Diversity Grant Defense Meets Doubtful Court (1)
ABC News: Grant program for Black women comes under tough questioning in key anti-DEI lawsuit
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Fearless Fund is back in court tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know
ESSENCE: Fearless Fund Returns To Court, Pleads Case To Continue Funding Black Women Entrepreneurs After Being Targets Of Anti-DEI Attacks
Black Enterprise: UNC AGREES TO PAY GROUP LED BY ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ACTIVIST $4.8M
BET: Affirmative Action Opponents Now Targeting West Point, Naval Academy Through Supreme Court