In December 2021, AFROTECH previously reported that the VC fund, focused on investing in Black- and diverse-led tech startups, had raised $25 million in less than a year since it was founded. “This is not just for play. It’s not do good dollars. We’re a real fund with real people who have real ideas who can make real money. I want the industry to see these companies in our fund as an actual player in the overall venture and tech spaces,” Kelauni Jasmyn, founder of nonprofit Black Tech Nation and general partner of BTN.vc, told AFROTECH at the time.
