Venture Capital
Summary List PlacementTwo-time Super Bowl champion and New Orleans Saints star Malcolm Jenkins launched a new venture capital fund last week called Broad Street Ventures. It's funded entirely by Black and brown investors, including fellow NFL players, a feat that distinguishes the firm from other venture capital initiatives started by big-name athletes. Jenkins hopes the new business, co-founded by lifelong friend Ralonda Johnson, will help more Black people enter the VC world, which has come under fire for its lack of diversity. "My peers are the ones typically left out of the VC world," Jenkins told Forbes's Christina Settimi.

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