50K opportunity offered to a RICH + RIOT company, new schedule announcement with more resources and opportunities.
You spoke and we listened! The R+R newsletter will now roll out twice a week as two shorter letters instead of one long letter. But don’t worry!
You spoke and we listened! The R+R newsletter will now roll out twice a week as two shorter letters instead of one long letter. But don’t worry! We’re still sharing the same amount of resources, opportunities and community conversations as before, but in a more digestible format.
On MONDAYS, you will receive info about:
Grants, Angel Investors, Accelerators, Job Opportunities, Venture Capital, Events, Women YOU can support, and our favorite life hacks and tech tools. We’ll also be kicking the week off with a little inspo from the cosmos,, whether it be a card from one of our decks or a horoscope.
On THURSDAYS we’ll share info about:
Pitch competitions, Venture Capital, Mentorships/Fellowships, Community Conversations, Women Winning, Opportunities, all of the things that we love in pop culture and a bit of what we are looking forward to going into the weekend.
Keep the feedback coming! We love hearing from you!
Here is what to expect is in this newsletter:
GRANTS for Women in tech, the arts, beauty and venue operators
Job opportunities in beauty and marketing
A $50k opportunity for a company seeking seed funding ( I did a happy dance when I got this email yall!), a founder academy back by Google For Startups for Black, Latinx and Veteran entrepreneurs and $100k from Northwestern Mutual.
A list of events to help you learn about recruiting for VCs, finding Angel Investors, and funding, and navigating money in your intimate relationships.
Card of the week to help you release things that should not stay with you in 2021
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🗣From the Founder (Kamilah)
“Damn, I love supporting women in business.” That is what I said to myself as I was digging through emails from my community (mostly women) sending me resources and opportunities to add to the newsletter. Ok, so we have been receiving feedback from all of you on improving this newsletter, and the one thing that keeps coming up is that you love all the information but receiving it all on in one big chunk is too much. Moving forward, we are going to try something a little different. The newsletter will be broken up into two days. Mondays (today) and Thursdays. That way, you have a little more time to digest all the information and resources that we have to offer and give a little space to be in the community and learn more about each other.
🤑 Let’s have some FUNding.
💰Grants
EMERGING TECH GRANTS PROGRAM Founders will apply to the Women Who Tech Startup Grants Program and all eligible applications will be reviewed by a panel of jurors. Five finalists will be selected to participate in our virtual pitch coaching series and then pitch our investor jury at the end of the program—women Who Tech will award one Innovation Grant of $15,000 and one Impact Grant of $5,000.
Spring 2021 Black Art Futures Fund application is now open. This grant will provide general operating support for small Black-led arts & culture nonprofits or fiscally sponsored projects with an operating budget of $500K or less. The deadline to apply is February 26, 2021. For questions, please feel free to contact BAFF@redoliveconsulting.com.
L’Oréal USA Inclusive Beauty Grant aims to support and inspire the best of beauty across an increasingly diverse world. The program will award 30 grants of $10,000 each to Black-owned small businesses in all U.S. beauty industry sectors. Applications are due February 17.
Emergency Grants for Venue Operators. As part of the December 2020 federal economic aid package, Congress included $15 billion for grants to shuttered venue operators (SVO); $2 billion is reserved for eligible smaller operator applicants with up to 50 full-time employees. While eligibility details and application dates have not yet been released, the SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance has launched a web page with initial information and guidance.
💸 Angel Investors
The Helm Membership, an angel investor community, allows individuals to make direct investments into female-founded companies. This is for novice and experienced investors alike who are committed to putting their dollars—small or large—behind the next wave of women-led innovation.
💼Job Opportunities
Men's cosmetics brand Stryx is hiring for a Graphic Designer/Social Coordinator.
hous + co, a female-founded marketplace for foreign health and wellness brands, is hiring a Head of Operations.
Compass Beauty is hiring a Community Activation & Growth Manager, an incredible founding team, and an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in joining a fast-growing beauty tech startup.
Pilotly The first full-service market research platform, built for creative content, is hiring for 5 roles, including technical leads and customer success.
📈 Accelerators
The most notable difference in ICA 2021 programming is participants become eligible for $50K in investment from their Seed Equity Fund. ICA is working with earlier stage companies that demonstrate the ability to scale---but need foundational business support and guidance to reach the growth level needed actually to scale. Ready to grow? Apply here.
Google For Startups has opened applications for its Founder Academy! Black, Latinx, and veteran founders can. Apply now.
Black founders can receive $100,000 in investment from Northwestern Mutual in their new accelerator program. Learn more.
As a founding member of Rich + Riot, you’ll get 25% off forever ! But hurry! This lifetime discounted rate ends March 1, 2021)
Join Rich + Riot’s membership site to access more resources like this article. Be a part of a community of female entrepreneurs who make waves and support one another while they do it. As a member of Rich and Riot, you will receive:
Resources and opportunities are emailed directly to your inbox twice a week.
“The Connect” Directory access - You will be listed on our directory and have access to all of our community members.
Access to the community on a forum where you can connect with others 1:1
Live Office Hours- Opportunities to participate in live virtual Q&As and mentoring sessions with experts. You'll get full access to an archive of these sessions if you can't catch them in real-time.
Free tickets to networking events (when outside opens up again)
Free candle or t-shirt mailed directly to you :)
💲 Venture Capital
Primary VC just published a new fundraising resource for NYC-based founders and it seems to be The premier online resource for NYC founders.
📆Events
Monday February 8, 2021, 07:00 PM Demystifying VC Recruiting for Latinx
Thursday, February 11, 2021, All the Angels Community Event
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, Find Funding Now to Grow Your Business
Thursday February 25, 2021, The Money & Relationship Hotline a workshop to help you and your partner build a financial foundation.
🛠 Tech Tools - My absolute favorite things!
I have a love/hate relationship with Slack, which means I am always looking for something different. Though it’s a platform primarily used by gamers, I really like Discord. I appreciate it for features like being able to see who is on and monitoring the alerts I receive. What are some of your favorite community platforms
You are very busy. We know this because we’re busy too. That’s why at Rich + Riot, we have curated a network of like-minded women entrepreneurs to collaborate and share opportunities and experiences. This isn’t just another business advice newsletter. Our goal is to provide direct resources to help grow your business and increase your earnings. We know you’re going to get there no matter what. We’re just going to help you get there faster.
🔮Business Alchemy ✨
WOO, There it is! Let’s pull a card and get inspired for the week.
Card of the week: Graveyard 18
There is a song that bellows in the peace of knowing no end, in acknowledging the crossroads of eternity.
Keywords: peace, acknowledgment
Many see a graveyard as a symbol of mortality. It collects the tears of mourners whose loved ones have been laid to rest. Its stillness is an ominous song that creeps up the spine, leaving us to ponder who Death will come for next. But a graveyard is a place of serenity where souls can find peace and stillness beyond the harsh realities of living. There is no longer a need to struggle against what is. It is a place of surrender.
There are those of fear the graveyard, for it has long been the home of wandering spirits who cannot find peace. Those who have not transitioned to eternity forced to live a half-life, neither dead or alive. Souls who are faced with taking responsibility for a life not lived to the full focused on things that didn’t matter and holding on to resentment.
The Graveyard card will help you find peace with where you are. There are times when you will be faced with difficult situations that are beyond your control. Those are the times that we must surrender to our current place. There’s no use in fighting a battle you’ve already lost. Take control over then one thing you can change - yourself. The situation you’re inquiring about is no longer in your hands. The powers that be have taken over. Often we are faced with a challenging ending that is necessary to facilitate a bright new beginning.
From the Deck: SEASONS OF THE WITCH: SAMHAIN ORACLE (This is becoming my favorite deck.)
📌Bulletin Board
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