# Black Founders Fund

> Black Founders Fund is a VC fund in Mountain View backing Software and Information Technology. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google
- Website: https://startup.google.com/programs/black-founders-fund

Black Founders Fund is a VC fund in Mountain View focused on Software and Information Technology. The Black Founders Fund provides cash awards and hands-on support to help Black-led startups build and grow their businesses. Google for Startups Black Founders Fund assists Black-led firms in Africa, Brazil, Europe, and the United States in obtaining finance, strengthening communities, and effecting generational change.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 20% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Education | 3 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 15% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 11 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Grant | 2 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 15% |
| Brazil | 2 | 10% |
| France | 2 | 10% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tangent | Tangent is an employee referral platform that makes referrals accessible to everyone and NOT just the privileged few with the best networks. We connect jobseekers from low socioeconomic backgrounds to tech employees, who mentor and refer them into their companies. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Slinger | Slinger is a network for finding jobs in the hospitality industry that connects side-hustlers, students, and hospitality professionals with enjoyable, equitable, and flexible shifts. | $606.8K | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Zanifu | Zanifu is a financial technology company, that enables MSME's in the African FMCG supply chain get access to working capital. | $11.1M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 |  |
| Tributei | Tributei is a developer of a SaaS based platform designed to automate the ICMS-ST and DIFAL calculation processes. Their platform utilizes artificial intelligence to download and consult invoices, calculate and audit entrance grades, and manage payment guides, enabling businesses to keep their accounts up-to-date. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 18, 2023 |  |
| Accountstory | Accountstory shows you how to sell into your target accounts. Do you have the right decision maker? What's their procurement process? Join to get insights on accounts from sellers who have sold into them. Accountstory is headquartered in the Bay Area and was founded by B2B sales professionals and engineers. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| OpenSauced | Open Sauced is the Crunchbase for open source. With Open Sauced, companies can gain insight on quality contributions using a “FICO-like” score along with insights similar to what investors can get from Crunchbase. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Innovare | Innovare is the edtech and data strategy app helping education leaders visualize, analyze, and use data to positively impact the communities they serve. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| co:census | Our suite of solutions includes co:census, an Enterprise SaaS solution that transforms feedback to insights for researchers + designers, and co:lab, digital learning workshops for civic leaders. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Local Civics | Local Civics enables students and educators to build their civic engagement and community leadership skills through game-based learning. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Omaiven Health | Omaiven is automating the business of healthcare, to eliminate the internal & external barriers that prevent people from reaching the care they need.Omaiven's digital teams work at clinics across the nation, adding value by: Connecting across disparate healthcare apps; Automating the manual, repetitive, and error-prone workflows inclinic operations; Adapting workflows 24/7 to fit the unique needs of individual patients. Through Omaiven's advanced full-stack solution, clinics simultaneously drive down costs and provide the access that every patient deserves.Omaiven was founded by Healthcare & ML industry veterans in 2018, and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | $150K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 13, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAIC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-africa-investment-consulting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beyond Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CornerStone Partners LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-partners-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enza Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enza-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Black Founders Fund invest in?

Black Founders Fund invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Black Founders Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Black Founders Fund closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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