Milwaukee Bucks, Packers & Brewers Create Equity League For Black and Latino Entrepreneurs.

The NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, NFL’s Green Bay Packers, and MLB’s Milwaukee Brewers, are working with Microsoft Corp., creating the Equity League. A networking initiative with an emphasis on supporting Black and Latino entrepreneurs.

Packers officials say 1% of venture capital-backed startups have Black founders and less than 2% are Latino. Only 3% of employees at venture capital investment funds are Black or Latino professionals, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. “Our goal is to invest in companies and founders that have strong potential to produce both significant financial returns and large-scale social impact,” said Israel Squires, Equity League director.

After the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha in August by a police officer. That led to demonstrations for days. Blake was left paralyzed from the waist down. In response to the shooting, Bucks players sat out a playoff game, causing the NBA to cancel all games for that day. The Brewers did the same for a regular season game, and the Packers took off a day of training camp. To Read More Click Here.

Source: NBA.com