Kwame Anku

Visionary CEO of Black Star Fund
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About

Kwame Anku is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund.

Recently named the 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Kwame is also one of only twenty-one recipients of the prestigious Aspen Ascend Fellowship from The Aspen Institute.

Kwame entered the tech industry after being personally recruited by the late legendary rock star Prince to develop his mobile app, overseeing business and development teams in Africa, Asia and the US. He later went on to serve as the National Director of Strategic Development for the Prince-inspired #YesWeCode initiative, where he developed corporate and media partnerships throughout the United States.

Kwame has appeared as a subject matter expert on numerous national television and radio programs including CNN, MSNBC, BBC Worldwide, SiriusXM, & National Public Radio. His work garnered two invitations to the Obama White House to share ideas and best practices with leaders from around the United States.

Kwame has delivered powerful keynote addresses and been a featured speaker at Harvard Business School, Stanford Law School, Aspen Ideas Festival, SXSW, TEDx Ghana, Wells Fargo Foundation, Essence Festival, Florida SBDC, Google For Entrepreneurs' Black Wall Street Conference and the first-ever Ghana Tech Summit in West Africa.

Kwame serves on the Board of Regents for North Central University, on the board of directors for Actively Black, CEEK Metaverse, Bandwagon, The MOST, Vurple, on the Advisory Board for the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Sacramento State University and on the board of directors for Sacramento Regional Community Foundation.

Kwame is an honors graduate of Stanford University.

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For Entrepreneurs Only: Learning the Investor Language

From The Brink of Death

True Power: Transcending Race, Transcending Politics

Life Lessons I Learned from Prince

The Revolution Is Here: How Black Innovation and Investing is Transforming The World

Raising the Change We Want to See

Videos

https://youtu.be/NKDT_C8XI04
2022 Entrepreneur of the Year, Kwame Anku, by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2y-9o9xB4
The Aspen Institute: Power of Disrupting Financial Systems - Kwame Anku
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/the-quiet-activism-of-prince-672348227641https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/the-quiet-activism-of-prince-672348227641
MSNBC: The Quiet Activism of Prince
https://youtu.be/y_5QZxzqlNQ
Startup Grind Sacramento: Fireside Chat with Kwame Anku, Co-Founder Black Angel Tech Fund
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBT08DwLAyI
Haney Biz Project: “A Genius Mind Sees the Opportunity That Lies in the Problem” with Kwame Anku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1zN2saowcA
Jessup Chapel: Kwame Anku

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