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Jewel Burks

Collab Capital — One Year Reflection

On this day last year, my partners and I announced the close of our first fund at Collab Capital. While I’ve personally been reeling this…

2 min readMay 27, 2022

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Jewel Burks

Dear Corporations, Leave Juneteenth Alone.

Today I saw a picture of a ridiculous Great Value Juneteenth red velvet and cheesecake flavored ice cream. I’m positive no one asked for…

2 min readMay 24, 2022

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Dear Corporations, Leave Juneteenth Alone.

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Jewel Burks

Due Diligence for Early-Stage Startups

Today I had several calls with founders I’m excited about. On each call the founders asked, “What does your process look like from here?”…

2 min readMay 21, 2022

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Jewel Burks

Why Founders Should Write Memos

I’ve concluded that a well written memo is a better fundraising tool than a pitch deck. I’m a late bloomer on this topic, as I know…

2 min readMay 19, 2022

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Jewel Burks

Thomasville Heights is Atlanta

Last week I spent half a day in the Thomasville Heights community of Atlanta with my fellow Board members of The Community Foundation for…

3 min readMay 19, 2022

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Thomasville Heights is Atlanta

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Jewel Burks

On selling a business while Black

I’ll have a lot to say about selling businesses as I continue to share my thoughts over the next 59 days and beyond, but one particular…

2 min readMay 18, 2022

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Jewel Burks

60 Day Writing Challenge

A few weeks ago, I served as a panelist at an Endeavor local selection panel. One of my fellow panelists was Jermaine Brown. He’s an…

2 min readMay 17, 2022

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Capital Innovation

Collab Capital Closes $50M First Fund to Invest in Black Innovators

After over 18 months of fundraising (primarily in a global pandemic and over Meets, Zooms, Teams, and the occasional Webex), we are excited…

7 min readMay 26, 2021

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Collab Capital Closes $50M First Fund to Invest in Black Innovators

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ZORA

Why I Always Have Two Jobs

Black people literally have to work twice as hard to get half as much

8 min readSep 4, 2020

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Black woman with serious expression working on her laptop, looking out the window.

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Capital Innovation

Our Investment in Hairbrella

Collab Capital

4 min readJun 9, 2020

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Our Investment in Hairbrella

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Jewel Burks

Jewel Burks

saved by grace • partner at @collab_capital • Head of @googlestartups , U.S. • founder @Partpic (acq. by @Amazon ) • @howardu alumna • opinions are mine

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