Employee Engagement Opportunities

Black Connect’s corporate partners and sponsors are leaders in corporate responsibility and agents of change. We curate programs and initiatives for various forms of partnership in Black Connect’s mission of providing resources to Black-owned businesses.

Support our mission by sponsoring one or more of our initiatives.

Take a look at some of our past events and contact us to design a custom in-person or virtual event that meets your company’s needs!

We work with budgets of all sizes.

Employee Engagement

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First Name

Last Name

Email

Company Name

Website

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Estimated budget for your corporate contribution to Black Connect?

Which initiative(s) are you interested in?

FeverPitch

Business Mentoring

Guest Speaker

Panel Discussion

Online Shopping Event

Networking Event

Other

Message

Other Partnership opportunities

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DAY

Watch a recap of our in-person business mentoring event sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank

FEVERPITCH

FeverPitch is a national initiative curated by Black Connect that provides a platform for Black entrepreneurs who are left out of venture capital and excluded by the stringent rules that govern many pitch competitions.

Learn more about FeverPitch

Employees choose the winner!

Employees provide valuable feedback and assessments of the entrepreneurs’ businesses.

Watch FeverPitch Sponsored by Braze

Despite promises of equity and inclusion, Black entrepreneurs continue to receive only 2% of venture dollars invested in the U.S.

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Despite promises of equity and inclusion, Black entrepreneurs continue to receive only 2% of venture dollars invested in the U.S. 〰️

Hear from our FeverPitch lead sponsor

We create meaningful events for our corporate partners.

SVB accepts the 2021 Major Donor Award

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAM

A Curated Shopping Experience

**Incentivize employees with a private online shopping event curated from Black Connect’s network of Black-owned businesses.**

BUSINESS MENTORING PROGRAMS

We design individual and group mentoring programs that allow employees to volunteer their time and lend their expertise to Black-owned small businesses.

<== Take a look at our virtual group mentoring program with Salesforce.

GUEST SPEAKERS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

**We coordinate events with guest speakers and panel discussions on a host of topics.**

<== Past events include a discussion during Black History Month featuring Beauty Maven Supa Cent