Motley Fool Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of media group Motley Fool, has committed to WOCstar Fund, a US-based venture capital fund targeting women of colour.
Other limited partners include angel investors Jacki Zehner, Nathalie Molina Niño, Valerie Mosley, Dalila Wilson-Scott, Leanne Huebner, Tilcia Toledo and Jill Karp.
Gayle Jennings O’Byrne and Pialy Aditya are co-founders of WOCstar. Jennings-O’Byrne said: “We are builder capitalists at heart who love building alongside dynamic founders and our WOCstar family of investors, co-investors, global allies, public and private partners.”
