The group has a standing meeting with Williams every two weeks where she mentors them on harnessing their strengths to look for potential deals, when to deploy their resources and other nuances. “I quickly recognized that people would need a little more guidance through the entire process, and so they were really my first test group for taking a group of new investors, new check-writers, through the entire investment process,” Williams said. She released her first book in July, “Black Angels Among Us: A Quick Start Guide to Angel Investing,” and subsequent workshops that the Black Gems used as a foundation. Photo courtesy of Black Gems Investment Group Williams has served as the group’s mentor since the height of the pandemic. Black Gems Investment Group member Shabriea Quinn-Robinson meets with Shante Williams, co-founder and CEO of Black Pearl Global Investments. In 2018, minority angels accounted for 5.3% of the angel investor population. Williams, co-founder and CEO of Black Pearl Global Investments, is focused on getting more “check-writers of color” at various investment levels. With her corporate background in learning and development, Washington had organized Black Gems’ predecessor, a six-week virtual meetup called All Things Money, where they were introduced to Charlotte-based angel investor Shante Williams. Last summer, the nine women loosely knew each other but connected virtually around their interest in angel investing.Īngel investors are high net-worth individuals who invest their own money into startups in exchange for equity or convertible debt - not to be confused with venture capitalists, who invest other people’s money typically pooled from investment companies, large corporations and other funds. “Seeing the numbers about how Black businesses don’t get the money, or that we’re not in front of the opportunities or have the business knowledge to set ourselves up to be invested in or to be acquired by a bigger company was a big issue for me,” said Nakisha Washington, Black Gems’ founder. Black Gems Investment Group, which formally launched in January, believes that therein lies an opportunity.
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