Derek A. Hawkins

Tech Lawyer 👨🏾‍💼 Connector 🤝🏾 Angel Investor & Advisor 📈 Sneaker Enthusiast 👟

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 1 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2021
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Jul 2021
Streamlytics provides ethical, people powered data, from today’s fastest growing communities across the United States spanning millions of data points. Key highlights of our data include: - Ethical Data: With Streamlytics, we unlock the power of actual usage data, reflective of how people create data today… across all types of platforms, simultaneously. Not by rigid panels or unethical tracking. - Multidimensional: Multidimensional data providing visibility into consumption behaviors that define decision drivers for consumers. - Comprehensive / Integrated: Connecting a variety of data sources and types to paint the clearest picture of consumer behavior. - Full Spectrum Data: Depth, elevating full spectrum data that unleashes the possibility of unlimited consumer behavior.
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2023
Co-Founder/Partner
Sep 2023
Milwaukee wine academy is a educational and social organization with on a mission to make wine more enjoyable and accessible. We aim to accomplish this goal through engaging educational wine tasting events and more.
early stageEducation
Mentor - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Program
Aug 2023
Techstars Chicago is at the center of the Midwest startup community, one of the fastest growing ecosystems in the U.S. Follow @techstars for more.
2022
Black Venture Institute Fellow - Cohort 4
Jun 2022
Venture capital is more than funding—it’s a catalyst for economic opportunity. At BLCK VC, we equip Black investors with the expertise, networks, and capital they need to lead the next wave of innovation. By broadening who gets to participate in VC, we unlock new pathways to prosperity, cultivate tomorrow’s leaders, and fortify communities nationwide. BLCK VC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that equips Black investors with the access, education, and community they need to accelerate their careers in venture capital. Venture firms in the United States invest over $130 billion annually, however, Black investors have systematically been excluded from mobilizing this capital. Today, only 3% of venture capital investors are Black; additionally, only 2% of partners–individuals that make investment decisions–at venture firms are Black. In recent years, venture capital has only scratched the surface of its potential. BLCK VC is on a mission to turn it into a true engine of generational wealth and innovation—cultivating new leaders, unlocking capital for untapped talent, and expanding access to the networks and resources that drive tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
2021
Investor
Jul 2021
Streamlytics provides ethical, people powered data, from today’s fastest growing communities across the United States spanning millions of data points. Key highlights of our data include: - Ethical Data: With Streamlytics, we unlock the power of actual usage data, reflective of how people create data today… across all types of platforms, simultaneously. Not by rigid panels or unethical tracking. - Multidimensional: Multidimensional data providing visibility into consumption behaviors that define decision drivers for consumers. - Comprehensive / Integrated: Connecting a variety of data sources and types to paint the clearest picture of consumer behavior. - Full Spectrum Data: Depth, elevating full spectrum data that unleashes the possibility of unlimited consumer behavior.
2014
Founder/Trademark Attorney
Jul 2014
Hawkins IP is a boutique law firm specializing in trademark law. We provide comprehensive legal counsel to help our clients create, register, enforce and monetize their trademarks. Our goal is to work with high-quality businesses to help them leverage trademark law to add value to their business and protect the brands theyve worked so hard to create.
early stageLaw Practice