In partnership with the British Consulate, 1000 Black Voices recently led Trade Missions to Los Angeles and San Francisco (USA), in Q2 2023. These missions connect Black Tech startups to high investor-concentrated cities in the US, along with potential business partners in North America and around the world – to help Founders build deep relationships and gain access to the funding they need to scale.Â
Founders on the Trade Mission
Dr. Grace Olugbodi: BeGenio – a social impact business creating products that help children love math, make math fun and less daunting for kids and their parents;
Abdul Isiaq: iPurvey – an AI-driven solution that helps business and leisure travelers in the airline or rail sector by automating the process of claiming compensation for travel delays or cancellations;
Matthew Addai: Cashblack – a platform that rewards members with cashback when they shop online with Black-owned businesses.
Olivier Bacs: Bendi – offers 24/7 supply chain risk monitoring and management, using an innovative mix of data science and machine learning to capture signals from a business’s global supply chain;
Ando Eniwumide: Happaning – a crowdsourced event preview app that lets you request trusted real-time multi-view videos of any location before you get there, through the eyes of the community;
Vanessa Sanyauke (The Hill App): The Hill app is a SaaS B2B AI powered platform that connects businesses to female talent in the UK, Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia – saving them the time, costs and money to unlock jobs, opportunities, events and mentoring.