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'We don’t want to just write cheques': Shopify executives launch investing collective Backbone Angels

'We don’t want to just write cheques': Shopify executives launch investing collective Backbone Angels

Co-founded by 10 female Shopify leaders, the group will focus on investments in Black, Indigenous, and Women of Colour-led companies.

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Mar 09, 2021
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'We don’t want to just write cheques': Shopify executives launch investing collective Backbone Angels
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Earlier today (March 8), a slate of current and former Shopify executives launched an angel investing collective that will invest in women and non-binary founders with a focus on investments in Black, Indigenous, and Women of Colour-led companies.

Operating under the name Backbone Angels, the group is made up of ten female angel investors, all of whom ha…

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