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Afrocenchix In the Press

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Business Insider - The VC landscape is dire for Black women. 7 Black women who have raised millions in funding reveal their best fundraising advice

Pitch Black Mag – Products to buy and try

It's A Lifestyle, Hun – Hair Growth Hacks That Will Make You The Modern Day Rapunzel

BBC Radio 5 - Saturday Breakfast

Mediashotz – Recipe creates first afro hair ad to air on British TV this Christmas

BBC 5 - Wake Up To Money

BBC News – We hope natural Afro hair TV advert is first of many

BBC Radio 4 - You & Yours

The Voice – First Black hair Christmas TV ad to air on Channel 4

Metro – First Black hair Christmas advert airs on British TV

PopSugar – How to care and maintain cornrows according to pros

Say Your Mind by Kelecki - Podcast - Strap Flailing Speeches

The Telegraph – Does The Black Pound Still Matter?

Jennifer Cynthia - YouTube - HOW TO MAINTAIN A SILK PRESS

LinkedIn Ad – Changemakers

Black Owned Economy – Disruptive Entrepreneurs

UCL Alumni Spotlight: Rachael Twumasi-Corson on creating the UK's leading Afro hair care brand

Stylist – The ultimate guide to hydrating afro hair come winter

OK! The Beauty Buzz – Curl Friends

The Economist (YouTube) – The Hidden Cost Of Black Hair

SW Londoner – Black Pound Day pop-up shop open in White City to celebrate Black History Month

UCL entrepreneurs build multi-million pound afro haircare business from just £100

Sifted - Meet Yuty, the beauty business building sustainable ai

Insider - pitch deck: Read the data-driven deck a black beauty company used to secure a $1.2 million round backed by google

Sifted - 16 Black female founders in the uk who have raised funding

Cosmetics Business - Superdrug is backing these 4 new black owned hair care brands

The Black Chronicle - Google Backs Black Hair Care Company Afrocenchix, Raises $1.2M in Funding

Gal-Dem - No more lyes

Healthline - Co-Wash- How to Do It, What It Is, and Products to Try

Black America Web - Google Backs Black hair care company Afrocenchix, Raises $1.2M in funding

Forbes - Securing Funding To Drive Expansion

Sifted - "There was an assumption that we must not be that intelligent" - one Black founder's experience

UCL News: UCL supported startup receives $1.2m in seed funding from google

Beauty Independent - “Up Against Prejudice”: Afrocenchix Raises $1.2M Seed Round With Involvement From Google

Yahoo Finance - Google shares its $2M Black Founders Fund among 30 European startups

City A.M. - These are the 30 hottest black-led companies according to Google's startup team

Business Leader - GOOGLE FOR STARTUPS ANNOUNCES 30 BUSINESSES SELECTED FOR £1.5M EUROPEAN FUND FOR BLACK FOUNDED TECH STARTUPS

Forbes - Meet 30 Black Founded Startups Selected By Google For Their New $2 Million (£1.5 Million) Black Founders Fund

Stylist - win a signed copy of The other black girl and a hamper from Afrocenchix

SW Londoner - "My hair, my choice, my crown." Black women and their hair before, during and after a pandemic

Tech Crunch - Google shares its $2M Black Founders Fund among 30 European startups

Marie Claire - Afrocenchix products were used on the model's hair

Glamour - Afrocenchix

Mashable - Stormzy's #Merky Books challenges representation in children’s books with 'Superheroes'

Voice Online - #Merky Books announces children’s book ‘Superheroes: Inspiring Stories of Secret Strength’

Financial Times - Online launches give black-run businesses a better chance

Grazia - How to care for afro hair: everything I learned about my natural hair during lockdown

Sifted - Dating a Founder

The Strategist - The Best Products for Curly Hair, According to Curly-Hair Experts and Beauty Writers

Marie Claire - The best brands that know how to care for afro and natural textured hair

The Stack World - Dealflow: 25 Black Female Founders To Invest In Now

iamhistoryuk - Black Owned & Sustainable Brands

Supermama Interviews Rachael Corson Co-founder of Afrocenchix

Business Insider - Google launched a $2 million funding programme for Black founders in Europe: 'There is a lot of work to do.'

Jim Magats SVP, Omni Payments at PayPal - 10 best afro hair products that care for your hair

Starling Bank Blog - The power of collaboration in business

Gal-dem -‘Stiff where?’ It’s time to talk about our damaging addiction to laid edges

Vegan Society - How to unleash your curls the Vegan way

The Strategist UK - No Matter How I Toss and Turn at Night, This Stylish Bonnet Simply Doesn’t Shift

Evening Standard - 10 best afro hair products that care for your hair

Start Ups Magazine - THE 11 BLACK-OWNED STARTUPS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2021

BBC 1Xtra: Money Moves with Toni Tone - Starting from Nothing feat. Rachael Corson

GQ - It's a sin's Omari Douglas on A$AP Rocky, charity shops and afro hair

Stylist - best ingredients to nourish and hydrate afro-textured hair, according to the experts

Shopify Blog - the marketing strategy that grew sales 10x in 18 months

L'Officiel - 15 Beauty Brands to Try from around the world

The Marketing Society - Afrocenchix's Joycelyn Mate and Rachael Corson on the purpose and the power of communities

Hello! - The best hair products of 2021 so far - from frizz-battling shampoos to moisture-rich masks

Euro News - Post-Brexit trade: is red tape chaos just 'teething trouble' as the uk government argues?

Medium - Adventures in Ventureland: Can D2C Drive Diversity?

The Times - Christmas Gift Ideas from the best independent brands

Sifted - Uk tech startups and scaleups to watch in 2021

Sifted - Lessons Learned: When not-perfect is good enough

Sifted - 8 tips: how to break into the beauty industry

Business Leader - Winners announce at the black British business awards 2020

Hackney Gazette - Meet Hackney's 2020 Black British rising stars in business

The Good Business Festival - The Power of Niche

The Drum - The people behind the label by ogilvy roots uk

Euronews - Black Pound Day Promoting Black-owned Businesses Campaign Hopes To Expand Globally

Campaign - black pound day campaign aims to boost black-owned businesses

The Telegraph - winners of black British business awards revealed

Independent - 10 best black-owned beauty and haircare brands to support now

Represented by Secret Leaders - Afrocenchix Podcast

The Telegraph - Hard work and passion needed to start a successful business, say britian's top black entrepreneurs

Culture Whisper - Afrocenchix

Glamour - 5 women reveal how the pandemic changed the relationship with their hair

Yahoo - Meet the community-first grooming businesses busy educating and empowering their customers

Vogue - 9 of the best natural hair kits to help define your 'fro

Popsugar - 3 Black beauty founders on starting a brand, from challenges to proudest moments

Curly Callin: Curl Maven - Everything you need to know about pre-pooing

Sheerluxe - Sharmadean Reid shares her little black book

Metro - Boxpark Shoreditch is hosting a pop-up dedicated to black-owned businesses

The Voice - Awards ceremony to reveal Britain's outstanding black business talent

NY Times - After the Pandemic and Protests, a British Rapper Spotlights Black Businesses

The Earth Issue - Afrocenchix

Vogue - 5 Of The Best Scalp Oils For Your Shiniest Ever Hair

Raconteur - balancing babies with business

Trend Hunter - Natural afro-specific hair products

Good Find - Afrocenchix: Vegan, handmade natural hair products with organic & fair-trade ingredients

Logical Harmony - 50+ cruelty-free black-owned brands

Vegan Food & Living - 6 Vegan black-owned beauty brands to support

UCL BME Alumni Network Newsletter

The Conversation - Seven ways business can value black lives (beyond social media posts)

The Strategist - 101 black-owned, u.k.-based businesses to support

Jasmine Hemsley - 12 Black-owned natural beauty brands to support

Plant Based News - 5 Black-owned vegan beauty businesses to support

Bustle - 67 Black-owned uk businesses to buy from in 2021 & beyond

Glamour - 39 brilliant black-owned beauty brands to support ahead of the anniversary of black pound day

Brown Beauty Talk - 10 Black-Owned British Hair Brands That We Love

Euro News - Venus Williams launches sunscreen fo 'all skin types and skin tones'

Belfast Live - The Black-owned beauty brands to celebrate and support now and always

Glamour - How to make the most out of afro and curly hair at home

Stylist - how to refresh your braids: simple tips to make your braided style last longer

Metro - How to care for afro hair during lockdown

Business Live - 11 successful black women in business you should know about

Glamour - The Best Small British Beauty Brands to support right now

Cosmopolitan - 18 Black-owned beauty brands you should know

BBC News - Interview with Joycelyn Mate

Accenture: People Insights Blogs - Tapping Into the Black Pound

Gal-Dem - Afrocenchix Receives Seed Funding

BBC News - "Not only are we black, we're female... for them, it's a turn-off"

Forbes - There Is A Huge Gap In the Hair Care Market. Afrocenchix Is Filling It.

I want you to know by Kristabel Plummer - Gift guide: 15 creative black-owned businesses

The Independent - 12 best shampoos and conditioners for Afro hair

NDRIKA - 32 black British hair brands that prove we have options

Saabirah Lawrence - Afrocenchix review

Daily Mail - The secret of our success? Starting a business with our Best Friend!

The Pool - Why it’s time we changed the language around black hair

The Voice - Afrocenchix Win Big At WeWork Awards

The Wharf - The Hackney entrepreneurs behind Afrocenchix have a two-word business plan for their all-natural haircare brand: ‘world domination’

The Independent - 7 best Afro hair oils

iNews — I quit my job to start my own business, but here’s how I’m still managing to save on a low income

BBC News - Interview with Rachael Corson

The Pitch - Long read: How Afrocenchix beat investment bias

The Voice Newspaper - Going Back to Their Roots