No. 18 Atlanta GEORGIA
Working to Build a More Diverse Investor Scene
Serial tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist Paul Judge is perhaps the best-known black founder to emerge from Atlanta, but he’s more the exception than the rule. According to census data, the city is 52 percent black, but many venture capitalists here are white men who tend to fund companies they find relatable. Jewel Burks Solomon co-founded visual-recognition tech startup Partpic
