$5k grant for Black women business owners

### Announcing 
### _$5k Pepper Startup Grant for Black Women_

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The $5k Pepper Startup Grant is specifically for Black women business owners, a dynamic group that has been systematically disenfranchised when seeking to acquire the necessary venture capital funding to expand their businesses. Here's how this program works:
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- Can be in any industry
- Must be at least 50% owned, controlled or operated and managed by Black or African-American, female or non-binary identifying owner(s)
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Must be a U.S. resident with a U.S. legal entity (i.e C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC, Sole Proprietorship, Partnership)
- Must be an early stage business with less than $500K in external equity financing raised
- Apply by August 23, 2023