PHARRELL WILLIAMS' BLACK AMBITION AWARDS $3.2 MILLION DOLLARS TO 36 ENTREPRENEURS AT THIRD ANNUAL "DEMO DAY"
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition, the non-profit initiative dedicated to supporting Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs, has awarded $1 million dollars to Antoinette Banks, CEO and Founder of Expert IEP, a parent-facing app that optimizes existing Individualized Education Plans with predictive AI for children diagnosed with a disability, as the Grand Prize Winner of its 2023 Prize competition at the third-annual "Demo Day'' event held on Thursday, November 9th at Spring Studios in New York, NY. Other Top Prize Winners include ECOMSPACES, a one-stop-shop for e-commerce solutions ranging from product photography to order fulfillment, and HBCU Grand Prize Winner, Monocle, a social e-reader that creates a community-focused reading experience, who were awarded with $250,000 and $200,000, respectively, towards their ventures – in addition to 33 other prize recipients who also received monetary prizes.
- Demo Day 2023 celebrated the monumental milestone of more than 100 entrepreneurs funded since Black Ambition's inception in 2020.
- "Black Ambition is a feeling, it's an overwhelming drive to show up consistently in excellence to create lasting, unapologetic impact.
- Black Ambition is dedicated to closing the opportunity and wealth gap by empowering Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.
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