Black
Founders
Fund: Europe
Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Europe provided cash awards — without giving up equity in return — and hands-on support to help Black entrepreneurs build and grow their businesses.
Black
Founders
Fund: Europe
About the initiative
About the initiative
Established in 2020, the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund awarded more than $40 million to help Black-led startups secure funding, strengthen communities, and create generational change.
In addition to equity-free cash awards, Black Founders Fund recipients received ongoing Google mentorship, Google Cloud credits, and product support to help them navigate every stage of their startup journey.
The fund had a direct influence on our most meaningful impact, which is reducing material waste. A very positive outcome for the environment that wouldn't have been possible to achieve in this timeframe without Google for Startups.
Meet some of our alumni
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Anansi is a digitised insurance broker delivering embedded goods in transit insurance to retailers
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Baselime help software engineers resolve bugs faster in the age of serverless computings
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DataFret is a freight invoice processing and control solution that saves its customers time, money and reduce their CO2 emissions.
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Earlybird is a software for employability providers, which combines voice technology and conversational AI to help providers deliver better quality, scalable support to frequently overlooked jobseekers.
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Empire AI make real estate planning data-driven, with software basing decisions about a building on facts and data rather than gut feelings and guessing.
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Infinibank provides the next level banking experience for SMEs.
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Gravity Sketch is a 3D design platform that empowers designers and engineers with tools to create and collaborate on work directly in a virtual environment.
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Husmus AI provides inclusive customer risk ratings that unlocks access to personalised rental insurance via our insurance marketplace.
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MyoMaster is a product and app that enables everyday athletes to improve performance and prevent injury.
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Nooxit is an AI software that frees finance teams from procurement-related tasks.
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Research Grid intelligently streamline medical research processes from months to minutes to reduce inefficiency and inaccessibility.
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Slinger is a community of frontline workers. We are the future of work.
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Tangent leverages video technology, generative AI and a dynamic marketplace to connect traditionally overlooked talent to tech employees for an employee referral.
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unea is a SaaS enabled marketplace that allows individuals to manage B2B partnerships.
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UpSkill Digital is committed to reducing the global digital skills gap by providing accessible learning support to those who need it most.
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