Ameelio team members (clockwise, from top left): Emma Gray (head of partnerships), Uzoma Orchingwa (cofounder), Gabriel Surahashi (cofounder), Elizabeth Levin (head of policy). Billionaire Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of Google, also gave $50,000 in August through his philanthropic vehicle, Schmidt Futures. The Ameelio team was connected to Dorsey’s #startsmall by DeRay Mckesson, a civil rights activist who hosts the podcast, Pod Save the People. Getty ImagesThe gift from Schmidt Futures, meanwhile, came after Orchingwa sent a cold e-mail to the organization. With the funds the Ameelio team hopes to hire engineering talent to scale up and finish building its videoconferencing product.

Source: Forbes September 21, 2020 13:05 UTC