Erica Chidi Cohen Instagram – 0.06% of venture dollars go to black female ceo’s. as of november 2017, there were just 34 black female founders who had raised more than $1 million. i’m number 35.
if i had known these exact statistics when my friend and mentor @katkale of @ritual encouraged me to raise venture, i probably wouldn’t have jumped in. not because i thought i’d fail but as a trauma survivor, deeper exposure to a system that didn’t want black women was something i didn’t need. but instead i pressed on with the support of my co-founder and impact chief @quinnlundbreg and our amazing @loomhq team. we made it happen.
@loomhq is about expansion, empathy and wellbeing. we’re building a world where women can understand and thrive in their bodies at every stage of their lives. health education is an underutilized healthcare intervention. when it’s offered with compassion and intelligence it can change a woman’s entire life for the better. i’m deeply grateful to our investors who believed in our value proposition and jumped in before covid19 and the murders of breonna, nina and george changed our world forever. @jillieruth and @slowventures thank you leading our round and to @precursorvc @moxxieventures and #gsvventures for following on.
no-one has clarity on what the next few years will look like but i’m certain that self-knowledge, self-compassion, collective empathy and our health will be at the forefront. i’m thrilled that @loomhq will be a part of this new paradigm. our new site and look is live today. it’s a whole vibe, thanks to the magic from the women at @roandcostudio and @wallforapricots ✨
to the black women reading this, if you have a dream keep pushing. give it time, create community around it, be gentle on yourself and don’t give up. there is room at the table for you and i’m working to make more. trust. 💪🏾
lastly thank you to @pavsmo for writing this article. it felt special to tell my story to a brown girl whose parents, like mine came to this country for a better life. 🙏🏾 | Posted on 30/Jul/2020 22:42:36
