Detroit tech entrepreneurs win $1 million from Pharrell’s Black Ambition project
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“With Black Ambition, the goal is to help strengthen the pipeline of talented entrepreneurs and close the opportunity and wealth gaps derived from limited access to capital and resources.” Turk and Davis are now the initiative’s first grand prize winners, being awarded $1 million for their tech start-up, Livegistics. Based out of Detroit, Livegistics is a cloud-based material management software company designed to aid construction businesses. Livegistics provides data and metrics via a digital, paperless system to reduce paper-based pollution in urban areas. The Business Journals reports that the top prize for the HBCU category went to Dosso Beauty, a New York-based company that specializes in organic cosmetics and personal care products. The post Detroit tech entrepreneurs win $1 million from Pharrell’s Black Ambition project appeared first on TheGrio.