According to reports, Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in women entrepreneurs of color, has settled the discrimination lawsuit over its grant program that helps Black women ...

The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund, announced it will permanently close its grant program for Black women business owners after a year-long battle over racial discrimination.

The grant program was at its end when the court case began in 2023, according to an online post by Fearless Fund founder Arian Simone, and the fund said it was motivated to avoid a court ruling so ...

Fearless Fund will end a grant program for Black women, settling a closely watched case challenging corporate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. As part of a legal settlement, ...

The Fearless Fund will shutter its grant program for Black women to end a lawsuit with affirmative action opponents, marking ...

The Fearless Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in women of color, will end its grant program for Black women business owners after a year-long battle court with a conservative group that ...

The Fearless Fund noted that in 2022, businesses owned by Black women received less than 1% of the $288 billion invested by venture capital firms. The fund aimed to address this significant gap.

Fearless Fund settles with DEI foes, ends grant program for Black women. The deal marks a setback for diversity, equity and inclusion advocates, who saw the lawsuit as an attack on efforts to ...

This settlement follows a ruling from a U.S. federal court of appeals that ordered the Fearless Fund to suspend its grant program, which had been designed to award $20,000 to businesses primarily ...

Fearless Fund Ends Grant Program For Black Women After Settlement With Conservative Group, CEO Arian Simone Says It’s A ‘Win’ Posted on September 16, 2024 - By Zach Linly ...

The Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm, will shutter its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement with affirmative action opponents, resolving one of most high-profile cases ...