Welcoming the Talent x Opportunity Spring ‘23 Cohort

Since kicking off the Talent x Opportunity (TxO) Initiative , we have invested in 27 companies building products and services based on unique cultural insights. The founders we backed and continue to support have taken tremendous strides from initial ideation to accelerating their businesses by growing full-time headcount, strengthening go-to-market strategies with key partnerships and collaborations , and earning recognition for their breakthrough brands and sales . We continue to be motivated by the many impressive founders we meet during our selection process and this new cohort is no exception. The Spring 2023 cohort is an ambitious, driven group, ranging from a founder tackling the grave issue of mortality in Black women during childbirth to founders exposing children to financial literacy at an earlier age. Our work has only begun! Meet the newest TxO founders to join our growing community: Brent Craige, Donovan Williams and Marlon Butler (Jammaround) Brent Craige , and Donovan Williams are New Orleans natives who met as teenagers after Hurricane Katrina and built a working relationship post-college due to their mutual love of music. Brent met Marlon Butler , who hails from Huntsville, Alabama, at Tuskegee University while pledging a fraternity. The pair began working […]

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