AFRO TECH: Malcolm Jenkins' Broad Street Ventures Brings On Two New Investors

Creating A Seat At The Table

After her first meeting with Johnson, Hood’s segue into joining BSV came organically as her own mission is in unison with the fund’s mission — especially with her decade-long career in the sports and entertainment industry.

Now under the new collaboration, the lifestyle entrepreneur wants for her story to empower women, such as mothers like herself, to feel represented in that they can also be a part of the movement of breaking barriers and building generational wealth.

“My hope is that a woman looks at me and says, ‘I can do that too,'” Hood shared. “The scariest part about going into a new venture is because we’re not a lot in the room — 1% of Black women are in venture capital. But my hope is that we hold the door open for more women and access to building generational wealth, as well as understanding financial literacy. I’ve spent a long time in fintech, CPG and ed tech and doing due diligence. We can do this. It is accessible.

She continued: “And there isn’t this idea of ‘Why it cannot be me?’ it’s ‘Why can’t it? Why not?’ — that’s the message that I’m hoping to inspire to another woman because Malcolm quickly established himself as a great entrepreneur off the field and who wouldn’t wanna join that venture. And my hope is that we can do the same thing for other women.”

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