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A media platform, networking app, and conference series for Black tech professionals, covering innovation, venture capital, startups, and career opportunities.

Part of Blavity, Inc. The AfroTech Connect app has over 45,000 professionals. Their annual conference is one of the largest gatherings of Black tech leaders in the country.

A curated directory of Black artists worth supporting, designed to make it easy to discover and collect work from Black creatives.

Created by Morgan DeBaun, the founder of Blavity Inc. A focused companion to her broader work building platforms for the Black community.

A membership-based bartering platform where Black entrepreneurs exchange services using Barter Bucks instead of cash, helping businesses get what they need without spending money.

Founded by Nicole Murphy. Open to U.S.-based Black entrepreneurs running product or service-based businesses. Think Fiverr or Upwork, but built on trade instead of transactions.

A digital directory and social club for discovering Black-owned businesses in Houston, spanning restaurants, wellness, nightlife, and more.

Established in 2021 and expanding to Chicago. Part directory, part networking community, built to make sure Black-owned brands are discovered, supported, and positioned to grow.

A nonprofit directory of roughly 1,300 Black farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers across the U.S., connecting consumers directly to Black-owned farms.

Founded by Kaia Shivers, Ph.D. during COVID-19 in April 2020, starting as a list of 150 farmers to address food shortages. Now a 501(c)(3) focused on food access and farmland equity.

The largest traveling marketplace for Black-owned businesses, featuring 100+ vendors, food, live music, and community activations across seven U.S. cities.

Founded by the Edwards Sisters, launched in Los Angeles in 2021. Now in LA, Dallas, Houston, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, and Charlotte. Featured in Forbes, Washington Post, and Essence.

A marketing agency and event series that spotlights Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, caterers, and culinary businesses through curated events and brand campaigns.

Founded by Warren Luckett. Partners with Sysco, Grubhub, and Pepsi to amplify visibility for Black culinary entrepreneurs across cities like New York and Houston.

A media and technology company reaching 100 million consumers monthly, with brands spanning tech, travel, entertainment, lifestyle, and career across AfroTech, Travel Noire, 21Ninety, Shadow and Act, and Home & Texture.

Founded in 2014 by Morgan DeBaun, Jonathan Jackson, Jeff Nelson, and Aaron Samuels. Backed by GV, Comcast Ventures, and others. Also runs Talent Infusion, a SaaS platform for diverse hiring pipelines.

The largest directory of Black-owned businesses in the United States, with over 110,000 listings, city guides for 100+ locations, and an online shop organized by category.

Built to drive traffic and revenue directly to Black-owned businesses, with the goal of narrowing the economic gap between Black-owned and non-Black businesses.

One of the largest African American-operated banks in the country, publicly traded on NASDAQ, with seven branches across New York City neighborhoods.

Founded in 1948 in Harlem. Roughly 80 cents of every dollar deposited is reinvested into the communities it serves. CDFI certified with an "Outstanding" CRA rating.

A database and network of Black agents, attorneys, managers, publicists, and financial advisors working behind the scenes in sports and entertainment.

Focused on increasing visibility and hiring for the professionals who negotiate the deals, not just the talent in front of the camera. Offers networking events, referrals, and diversity data.

An app and directory for finding verified Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and eateries nationwide, with city guides and events.

One of the most established names in this space, with a James Beard Foundation honor and hundreds of thousands of active users.

A digital magazine and searchable directory of Black-owned businesses across style, food, wellness, home, entertainment, and more, with direct links to shop each brand.

Created by Addie Rawr. Combines editorial content with a functional directory so discovery and shopping happen in the same place.

A travel platform and app that rates destinations for the Black travel experience, modeled on the original Negro Motorist Green Book.

Brings the spirit of the original Green Book into the present so Black travelers know what to expect before they go.

The largest Black-owned financial institution in the country by assets, with over $1 billion and branches across 11 states.

Founded in 1972 in New Orleans. Over 2,000 people lined up in a parking lot to open accounts on day one. Grew by acquiring other Black-owned banks to keep them from closing.

A marketplace app for shopping Black-owned businesses across fashion, beauty, food, home goods, and more, built like a single storefront for everything.

Built and run by one person, no vendor fees, no listing fees, so businesses keep everything they earn.

A fintech platform focused on digital banking and credit-building for unbanked and underbanked communities, with guaranteed income distribution tools for municipalities.

Founded by former J.P. Morgan executive Wole Coaxum. Has distributed over $100M in basic income and emergency payments across 12+ cities.

Formerly We Buy Black: a marketplace for everyday household, beauty, and grocery products from Black-owned businesses.

One of the longer-running platforms in this space, focused on replacing everyday purchases, not just occasional ones.

Official Black Wall Street: a curated marketplace connecting shoppers with Black-owned brands across fashion, beauty, home, and more.

Founded in 2015, named directly after the same Tulsa history this site is named after.

The largest Black-owned bank in the country and the first Black-owned internet bank, offering FDIC-insured accounts with full online and mobile banking.

Founded in 1968 during the civil rights movement. Certified as a Community Development Financial Institution by the U.S. Treasury.

A digitally-enabled community bank serving customers in all 50 states through online and mobile banking, focused on borrowers overlooked by traditional institutions.

Founded in 1921 as Victory Savings Bank, making it over 100 years old. The first Black-owned bank in South Carolina.

A curated Black buying guide spotlighting Black-owned businesses across fashion, streetwear, and more, built to make supporting them easy.

Founded and led by CEO Shauna Hailey, built around intentionally circulating the Black dollar to build long-term community wealth.

An online shop for discovering and buying from Black-owned brands across multiple product categories, built to make it simple to redirect spending.

Focused on making Black-owned products easy to find and purchase in one place, removing the friction between intention and action.

NYC's first Black-owned market, operating since 2016 as both a marketplace experience and a sourcing pipeline connecting Black-owned brands with major retailers.

Vendors reportedly achieve their strongest sales at TheBOM compared to other markets. Built to launch, test, and grow Black-owned businesses, with a focus on women entrepreneurs.

A private members club with co-working spaces, restaurants, and event venues designed to bring together entrepreneurs, creatives, executives, and artists.

Founded in DC, now in Atlanta, LA, and Washington. Built around intentional community, not just space. The vision has always been about who's in the room.