James Oliver, Jr.

ABOUT: James Oliver, Jr. is a 3X founder and CEO of Kabila, a co-founder matching app and a soon-to-be $5 million investment fund focused on inclusion, and founder of the ParentPreneur Foundation, which empowers Black ParentPreneurs, so they can leave a legacy for their beautiful Black children.

GIVE: I am happy to spend my social capital for the founders in the community.

GET: We are starting to raise our $5 million fund to invest in teams with overlooked founders. We are also raising capital via Wefunder for Kabila. I would love introductions to LPs.

FUN FACT: I LOVE dad jokes.

RECENT PRESS: AFROTECH- James Oliver Jr. Creates A Co-Founder Matching Application That Reduces Unconscious Bias

MOTIVATION: In 2013, I cleaned out my savings to build a website for my first startup, which required complicated code and I couldn't code. Who does that? 😳 I was lucky enough to get into gener8tor's winter accelerator class in Madison, WI, but I desperately needed a co-founder who could code. Not being able to quickly find a technical co-founder negatively affected my startup's ability to raise capital and execute. As a Black founder, I know first-hand the challenges of raising capital and being overlooked and underestimated in tech startup ecosystems.

You can contact James HERE.