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About black ambition

Black Ambition empowers Black and Hispanic innovators and communities to excel uninterrupted.

Founded by Pharrell Williams in 2020, Black, Hispanic, and HBCU-affiliated ventures in technology, healthcare, consumer products and services, media and entertainment and Artificial Intelligence are eligible to win up to $1M.

To date, Black Ambition has trained approximately 750 founders and awarded nearly $10M in growth capital to 101 founders. Black Ambition’s endeavors have been recognized by Forbes, Essence, Complex, and many more for driving meaningful change. It also was the winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas award for Impact Investing and named one of Fast Company’s 2022 Most Innovative Companies.

So Ambitious Events

Paris, France

Global So Ambitious Dinner: Paris

New York, NY

So Ambitious: Demo Day 2024

Austin, TX

So Ambitious: SXSW

New Orleans, LA

So Ambitious: Essence Festival NOLA

Miami, FL

So Ambitious: Art Basel Dinner

New York, NY

So Ambitious: Demo Day

Austin, TX

So Ambitious: Austin, TX

New Orleans, LA

So Ambitious: Essence Fest

Norfolk, VA

So Ambitious: Something in The Water

New York, NY