FOUNDER WINS

Faith Shamely, a senior at Morris Brown College and founder of Reach Worldwide of 15,000 applicants nationwide as one of the TOP 10 finalists for the Red Bull Basement National Finals

Samad Hinton, a Spring 2023 Pre-Accelerator graduate has been selected for the 2024 Adidas Community Lab Social Impact Accelerator Program.

Pedestal, a direct-to-consumer platform for artist's album releases launched its MVP on the Apple App Store.

Dosso Beauty opens its flagship store and salon in Philadelphia, PA that provides clinically tested hypoallergenic braiding hair and luxury services.

Monneah’s Engineered Materials was accepted into The WBENC Collegiate Accelerator, an entrepreneurial program focused on advancing collegiate female founders.

Quincy Box places second at the ICE, an international, collegiate entrepreneurship competition, business expo, and conference for student entrepreneurs.

23-Year-Old Ahriana Edwards Lands Her Size-Inclusive Footwear Brand In Macy's Within 1 Year of Business.

Revolutionary Hearts Industries was featured on WWLTV, a local news station in Louisiana.

360 Dash was one of the winners selected in the Baltimore Means Business Pitch Competition backed by Morgan State University.

BLK Beetles was selected as an entertainment partner at AfroTech.

AllPeep was selected as finalists for the Black Ambition Prize.

Gabb Global was selected as finalists for the Black Ambition Prize.

Novus was selected as finalists for the Black Ambition Prize.

BEEnevolent was selected as a winner of the 2022 Verizon Forward for Good Challenge.

Villie raised $400,000 towards their pre-seed round from Fearless Fund during their Summit.

Seven HBCUFI companies that were selected as semifinalists for the Pharrell Williams Black Ambition Prize.

Monocle was accepted into the Visible Hands Visionaries Accelerator.

Idhini named into the 2022 MassChallenge cohort.

Seven HBCUFI companies were selected as semifinalists for the Pharrell Williams Black Ambition Prize.

Gabb Global Recenly won the BGV Next Gen Pitch Competition.

Four HBCUFI affiliated companies (Jubily, BEEnevolent, Gabb Global and Scholarlist App) were chosen as finalists for the Verizon Forward for Good Challenge.

HBCU HUB was chosen to participate in Founders Live Dallas.

Mel X for the launched Mel, world's first smart business coach that helps entrepreneurs build their business plan in a fun & engaging way.

Ahriana Edwards, founder and CEO of Vaila Shoes was selected to participate in the next phase of the Future Founders 2021 Startup Bootcamp.

Mel X won the People’s Choice, AARP Innovation Labs, Cultivate Fellowship Award at our Cultivate Pitch Competition: Closing the Wealth Gap.

WellMiss was accepted into the Cox Enterprise Social Impact Accelerator powered by Techstars.

Candice Blacknall, CEO of GABA Inc., was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Top 10 under 40 award from Morehouse School of Medicine.

Trameter was selected to participate in the ACT House accelerator.