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MSTS, a global payments and credit solutions provider, recently acquired TicketRX, a Kansas City-based startup changing the way legal support of traffic citations and violations...

Entrepreneurship

Black Woman-Founded Startup Closes $13M in Series A Funding

Sequoia BlodgettMarch 6, 2019March 6, 2019

by Sequoia BlodgettMarch 6, 2019March 6, 20191677

Landit, a market leader in personalized career management and founded by a black woman, recently announced that it closed $13 million in an oversubscribed Series...

Entrepreneurship

New Program Connects Entrepreneurs to Investors at TechConneXt

Sequoia BlodgettOctober 12, 2018October 12, 2018

by Sequoia BlodgettOctober 12, 2018October 12, 20181062

Over 150 vetted entrepreneurs joined us at TechConnext this year for our new program, TCX Fellows. The goal of the program is to highlight top-tier...

Technology

Why This Entrepreneur Turned Down His Dream Job on Wall Street

Sequoia BlodgettJune 17, 2018June 18, 2018

by Sequoia BlodgettJune 17, 2018June 18, 20182428

After moving up the corporate ladder as General Manager of Chick-fil-A, and servicing a private equity firm as an investment banker, Montaque was given the opportunity...

Technology

Trainersvault Helps Fitness Entrepreneurs Grow and Scale their Business

Sequoia BlodgettJune 6, 2018June 6, 2018

by Sequoia BlodgettJune 6, 2018June 6, 20181077

Black Enterprise caught up with Cortney Woodruff, founder of Trainersvault, a mobile first, web-platform for professionals in the health, fitness, and wellness space to discuss...

Technology

Three Black Technology Entrepreneurs Up For “Techpreneur of the Year” Award

Lydia BlancoMay 28, 2018May 25, 2018

by Lydia BlancoMay 28, 2018May 25, 20181607

This year’s Techpreneur of the Year nominees are building fast-growing companies that are delivering groundbreaking technology products or is disrupting the digital industry....

Technology