Miami Herald: And the winners of Endeavor Miami’s first Black founder startup pitch competition are...

As publishers and creative agencies attest, finding stock visuals portraying Black consumers and community members in everyday activities can be a challenge. With that need in mind, three judges selected Black Stock Footage, a stock video platform 100% focused on Black representation, as the winner of Endeavor Miami’s first pitch competition for Black entrepreneurs. Black Stock Footage founder Imani Lee took home $25,000 in non-diluted cash, plus $25,000 worth of credits to utilize Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. Lee also gets the opportunity to be selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur as soon as Black Stock Footage qualifies. He said the funds would go toward getting the platform — which offers members access to unlimited downloads of video clips showcasing “the variety of hues, cultures, phenotypes, and activities of Black people” — up and running.