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November 3, 2022

Kapor Foundation launches initiative to boost diversity in tech sector

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Press Releases

November 15, 2022
The Kapor Foundation Launches Tech Apprenticeship Equity Toolkit Designed with Opportunity@Work
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November 1, 2022
Kapor Foundation Launches New Initiative to Advance Racial Justice Technology Policy for Communities of Color
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September 7, 2022
Kapor Capital Managing Partners Raise Largest Fund to Date: $126 Million to Continue Investing in a More Equitable Tech Sector
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March 29, 2022
Report Confirms the U.S. Tech Ecosystem Is Still Failing Black Communities
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February 23, 2022
HBCU Spelman College Partners with SMASH to Launch Program to Diversify Tech Industry
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September 30, 2021
New Report Shows Slow Progress for Diversity in California’s Computer Science Programs
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June 21, 2021
AISES and the Kapor Center Awarded $1.4m Grant from National Science Foundation
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November 19, 2020
Encantos Raises $5.7M to Accelerate Digital and Physical Subscription Products and Announces New Executive Leadership Hires
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April 22, 2020
Bay Area Nonprofit Aims to Help Put the Unemployed Back on Track
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April 22, 2020
New jobs and emergency services website launched in California now expanding across U.S.
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April 22, 2020
Meet Bitwise, the unique tech company behind California’s job-loss website
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September 17, 2014
The Kapor Center for Social Impact Breaks Ground on Its New Headquarters in Oakland
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Kapor In The News

January 30, 2023
Three months ago, he was laid off from Twitter. Now, his competing app Spill is funded.
December 7, 2022
A Tech Winner Seeks Policy Change to Advance Racial Justice in the IndustryPage titled here
December 5, 2022
Kapor Foundation Launches Initiative to Make Trillion-Dollar Tech Industry More Equitable
November 15, 2022
Equitable Apprenticeship Toolkit
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News Out of Kapor

June 29, 2023
Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action at U.S. Colleges
March 20, 2023
Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park Mass Shootings and The Murder of Tyre Nichols Statement
March 20, 2023
King Estate Campus Shooting Statement
March 20, 2023
Decision to Overturn Roe V. Wade Statement
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