Hannah Bronfman, the wellness entrepreneur turned prolific angel investor, has revealed her plans to launch her own investment fund during an event at AFROTECH Conference, as first reported by TechCrunch. Known for her portfolio of angel investments in over 70 companies—including Black-founded beauty brands like Topicals and Sienna Naturals—Bronfman now aims to manage an institutional fund. From Angel Investor to Institutional Visionary Bronfman, who previously founded the wellness and beauty platform HBFIT, shared her experiences with an audience of young Black professionals and tech executives. She highlighted how community and
Justine Skye is expanding her business endeavors, and we are very much here for it. The musician, known for sporting some of the sleekest tresses in the business, has partnered with Black-owned artificial intelligence wig brand Parfait. Parfait, founded by Isoken Igbinedio, is an AI and facial recognition-powered beauty technology that has created a community where beauty and tech co-exist. According to its founders, Parfait was founded to solve two problems: AI biases in tech and the fragmented wig buying process for millions of Black and brown women. “It was
