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BYP Network
Black Young Professionals Network
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Recruitment
- Networking
- Social Impact
- Community
- London, UK
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Company mission
To empower black professionals to connect with each other and global corporations.
Our take
BYP Network was founded following the 2016 Black Lives Matter protests in order to channel the power of the black community and help young professionals find positive role models.
It does so by matching the best career opportunities to black professionals, improving black role model visibility and working with corporations to reduce bias in their hiring process.
In addition to its app and platform, BYP Network holds events and works with both the community and corporations in order to help with culture analysis and accountability right through to recruitment and retention solutions.
With a network of more than 150,000 members and a focus on working with more than a 1000 existing black networks and businesses, BYP Network aims to 'change the black narrative' by bringing the black professional global community together.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company values
- To mentor and uplift those that reach out to you including upskilling and knowledge sharing
- To refer those from the network to job and funding opportunities
- To send the ladder back down rather than pulling it up
- To spend money on businesses that genuinely care about the black community
- To give constructive criticism to black businesses and whole hearted be happy and supportive of black founders
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$0.7m
SEED
Total funding: $0.7m
Leadership
Kike Oniwinde
(Founder)As well as being a Team GB javelin thrower and three time British University Championships medalist, Kike is an experienced entrepreneur and graduate of The Universities of Nottingham. In October 2016, after graduation, she founded BYP Network.