Kimberly Bryant: Empowering Change through Technology and Diversity

We are excited to welcome Kimberly Bryant of The Black Innovation Lab as our special guest for Startup Grind Women’s Month. There could not be a more fitting way to end Startup Grind Women’s Month and Black Innovation Month than with such a visionary leader.

About Kimberly Bryant.
Kimberly is a renowned technology industry leader, visionary and founder of ASCEND Ventures. As the CEO of ASCEND Ventures, Kimberly is committed to creating opportunities for marginalized founders building impact-driven companies. With her flagship Black Innovation Lab, she cultivates and invests in a pipeline of leaders who use technology to make a societal impact while creating pathways to equity and generational wealth through entrepreneurship and ownership.

Before ASCEND Ventures, Kimberly founded Black Girls CODE, a social-change organization aimed at introducing girls of color aged 6-18 to technology and computer science, with a focus on entrepreneurship.