Meet the 2025 Future 50
Launched in 2022, AFROTECH™ Future 50 spotlights Black innovators, founders, technologists, and changemakers redefining what's possible in the tech industry. This annual list recognizes leaders driving progress, shaping the future of technology, and opening doors for the next generation of Black excellence in tech.
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Founding Partner & CEO, Aruwa Capital Management
Promise Phelon
Founder & Managing Partner, Growth Warrior Capital
Erin Harkless Moore
Managing Director, Investments, Pivotal Ventures
Slauson & Co.
Early Stage Venture Capital Firm
Bradford Jones
Principal, SignalFire
Kirby Harris
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Base Ventures
Arian Simone
CEO & Founding Partner, Fearless Fund
Barry Givens
Managing Partner, Collab Capital
Kola Aina
Founding Partner, Ventures Platform Fund
Megan Maloney
Founder & Managing Partner, Dria Ventures
Pelonomi Moiloa
Co-Founder & CEO, Lelapa AI
Kate Kallot
Founder & CEO, Amini
Dr. D'Wayne Edwards
President, Pensole Lewis College
A. M. Darke
Founder, Open Source Afro Hair Library
Miles Braxton and Savannah Whitfield
Co-Founders, Okovate Sustainable Energy
David Miller
Interim CTO, FBI