News Digest | June 5, 2020

From the Portfolio

Citizen

Citizen is a mobile app that sends users location-based safety alerts in real-time. It allows users to read updates about ongoing reports, broadcast live video, and leave comments.

• Why Citizen has become the unofficial social network for protests
• From Citizen to Signal, the most popular apps right now reflect America’s protests

Firefly Health

Virtual primary care built around you.

• Jeff Greenberg on FireFly Health’s COVID Reentry Support Program for Employers

Zero

Zero-waste groceries, delivered fast.

• Tired of Plastic? These Businesses Have Ideas for You
• Where to Order Groceries in SF

Mayvenn

Mayvenn enables Stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory.

• African Americans in the hair industry say COVID-19 social distancing is crushing them

Vantage Point

Vantage Point is a VR-based Training and Workforce Optimization platform focused on Soft Skills, starting with D&I and Sexual Harassment.

• How to Prevent the Next Harvey Weinstein

From the MaC Team

• Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors
• We’re Tired