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Black Woman Tech Entrepreneur From Louisiana Defies The Odds With $35 Million Venture Capital Funding

Por: Forbes Business October 27, 2022

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Sevetri Wilson, founder and CEO of software company Resilia, raised $35 million in venture funding.Akasha Rabut Sevetri Wilson is not your average tech company founder. She’s a Black woman, she has no coding experience, no cofounders and she’s primarily based in Louisiana, a state that venture capitalists evidently have a hard time finding on a map. Most folks with such a profile have very long odds of raising meaningful venture capital... + full article



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