Outfit wants to make DIY home improvements easier to tackle Doing home renovations yourself can be more cost-effective than hiring a contractor, but many people don’t know where to begin. [ … ]

BeGreatTV to offer MasterClass-like courses taught by Black and brown innovators BeGreatTV, an online education platform featuring Black and brown instructors, recently closed a $450K pre-seed round from Stand Together [ … ]

Tracy Chou launches Block Party to combat online harassment and abuse Block Party, an anti-harassment startup that aims to help folks feel safer on social media founded by Tracy Chou, [ … ]

Welcome raises million to be the ‘Ritz Carlton for event platforms’ On the heels of Hopin’s $125 million funding round, a newcomer in the virtual events space is gaining steam. [ … ]

Spora Health launches primary care network for Black people and people of color A number of healthcare disparities exist for Black people in America, but they can oftentimes go unaddressed [ … ]

Instacart raises 0M more at .7B valuation Instacart announced today that it has raised $200 million in a new funding round featuring prior investors. D1 Capital and Valiant Peregrine Fund [ … ]

Shipt shoppers are organizing a walkout in protest of new pay model Shipt shoppers are organizing a handful of actions in protest of Shipt’s new pay structure that began rolling [ … ]

Black founders face a unique set of challenges The notion that Black people in America need to work twice as hard as others to succeed may be a depressing sentiment, [ … ]

3 founders on why they pursued alternative startup ownership structures There is no one-size-fits all model for building a startup. At TechCrunch Disrupt, we heard from a handful of founders [ … ]

The art of pivoting with Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Jessica Matthews Building and growing a startup is hard, but pivoting said startup into something new and then achieving that same growth [ … ]