On the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama hosting the first-ever White House demo day, which placed an emphasis on diversity, Visa has announced the..
This was the culmination of a three-month project for Visa’s Everywhere Initiative. I worked closely with KITE’s analysts and sourced more than 300 startups through a custom online application. From there we cut it down to 15 companies who were invited to pitch to Visa stakeholders, executives, and clients. From there, I produced and promoted the event working within Visa’s strict guidelines and on a very short timetable. This hugely successful event had an even more impressive outcome than the three pilot programs won by the finalists - each of the finalists were Black-owned businesses. In a time when diversity is such a hot issue, these three very deserving companies represent a hugely underserved minority population in the tech industry.