Investor profile
Ayana Parsons
Co-Founder, Fearless Fund
Co-founded Fearless Fund to close the capital gap for Black women entrepreneurs.
Ayana Parsons co-founded Fearless Fund in 2019 with Arian Simone and Keisha Knight Pulliam, drawing on a family background of entrepreneurship and community activism to build a fund focused on Black women founders.
She served as the fund’s COO through its early growth and a 2023 discrimination lawsuit, stepping down from that role in 2024.
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Visit Fearless Fund ↗Co-founded a fund that backed 40+ Black-women-led companies.
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