Founders & Ventures

Kevon Paynter is an entrepreneur and journalist living in the United States. He’s the founder of Bloc By Block News Maryland, a media cooperative…

An 18-year experienced healthcare executive, Kim Smith’s passion for maternal and child health sparked in 2012 after the loss of her daughter due to…

Kim Bryden, CEO of Cureate, is an accomplished strategic business development professional with expertise in marketing, merchandising, and operations, focusing on the food &…

Kimberly is an entrepreneur completely passionate about building one of the most exciting companies in the mobility space. Four major experiences in her life…

KindEd is a K–12 social media and AI literacy program that helps students build self-awareness, critical thinking, and healthier digital habits. KindEd focuses on…

KnoNap is a discreet, disposable device that detects selected dangerous chemicals within a beverage. KnoNap is a beverage napkin that looks and acts like…

Kobby Osei-Kusi is the founder & CEO of Pirl Technology, a startup developing next-generation electric vehicle charging products. He serves on the board of…

Kobe Rogers, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer. Kobe develops methods to efficiently and sustainably introduce waste feedstocks to our bacteria, develop PHB extraction and…

Kokayi is a Grammy-nominated artist, innovator, and educator, entrenched in the ethos of hip hop culture, yet colors outside the lines of genre and…

The dream of Korion Health is to provide a toolkit of digital health devices that enable patients to conduct basic health examinations from the…

Krishna Matturi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ampere, an autonomous industrial orchestration platform that streamlines workflows for manufacturing SMBs and equips them with…

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Kristal Hansley has always sought to empower communities through innovation and advocacy. A Howard University graduate in Political Science…