In 2 years, Melanie Samba, a Black female founder, created a conference intelligence platform raising over $1 million with a waitlist of over a thousand prospects.
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The structural issues have thrown a curve at the rest of 1820 Ventures' development plan for housing, retail and entertainment uses, requiring it to move a planned concert venue to another location.
Venture investing in tech firms was still sluggish in 2023 as compared to the peak activity of 2021, but a handful of Indiana-based tech companies and venture investors still got some big deals done this year.