Blaq App

What Blaq App does

Blaq App is a privately held, founder-owned company headquartered in New York, NY with an additional office in Ottawa, Canada, led by CEO-Founder Maureen Tokeson. The company is building a platform that aggregates customer and user experiences — drawing on public records, lawsuits, and incident reports — to inform users where they can find best-in-class service providers across five verticals: healthcare, banking, education, retail, and hospitality. Its target audience is BIPOC professionals and community members, a market the company cites as having $3.5 trillion in annual buying power, with stated focus on health disparities, maternal and reproductive health, financial literacy, and domestic violence prevention.

The product surface consists of the Blaq App directory platform (currently in beta waitlist, with no launched app), the Breezer real-time connection sub-product, the Youth Financial Literacy Program (interactive seminars and journaling for teens and young adults, with a tradable stock certificate on completion), and the Reproductive and Maternal Mortality Project (a healthcare equity initiative with a geo-located service provider map). The company also runs community events including the Night of 1000 Crowns Gala, the Interfaith Domestic Violence Prevention Conference, and a Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign, and lists Super Happy Healthy Kids as a partner.

The business model is a mix of donations/contributions (via a GoFundMe campaign for the Blaq App SOS App and Racial Wellness Solution), event ticket sales (e.g., $75 conference tickets, $175 early-bird gala tickets), and educational seminar/program fees. Go-to-market is community- and event-led, with a beta waitlist, email newsletter, and direct outreach for sponsorships. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding, no disclosed headcount, and no disclosed revenue.

Name

Blaq App

Legal name

Blaq App

Website

https://blaqapp.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blaq App is a private, founder-owned platform that aggregates public records, lawsuits, and incident reports to help BIPOC consumers find vetted service providers in healthcare, banking, education, retail, and hospitality, alongside events, a youth financial literacy program, and a maternal health initiative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Service Directory Platform

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B Marketplaces & Wholesale Platforms (BPAMAGAD)

Keywords

• Community service platform
• Service provider directory
• Healthcare equity solutions
• Financial literacy education
• Event ticketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

West New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations/Fundraising: Financial gifts through GoFundMe campaign supporting the Blaq App SOS App and Racial Wellness Solution initiative
2. Event Tickets: Revenue from ticketed events including the Night of 1000 Crowns Gala and Interfaith Domestic Violence Prevention Conference
3. Educational Seminars: Interactive seminar and journaling sessions for teenagers and young adults covering finance, banking, real estate, careers, and nutrition

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blaq App operates a community platform that aggregates customer experiences, public records, lawsuits, and incident reports to direct users toward best-in-class service providers in healthcare, banking, education, retail, and hospitality. Alongside the waitlist-stage app, it delivers the Breezer real-time connection tool, interactive youth financial-literacy seminars, a Reproductive and Maternal Mortality healthcare-equity project, and ticketed awareness events such as the Night of 1000 Crowns Gala.

Product overview

Blaq App is a unified platform that aggregates customer experiences and public records to help users find best-in-class service providers across healthcare, banking, education, retail, and hospitality. The core offering includes the Blaq App platform itself, complemented by the Breezer real-time connection tool, a youth financial literacy program featuring interactive seminars and journaling sessions, and the Reproductive and Maternal Mortality Project addressing healthcare equity. The platform also hosts events including the Night of 1000 Crowns gala and domestic violence awareness campaigns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Breezer: A product that makes connecting easier in real time.

Products and services

• Blaq App A community platform that aggregates customer and user experiences using public records, lawsuits, and incident reports to inform users where they can find best-in-class service providers in healthcare, banking, education, retail, and hospitality. Targeted at diverse BIPOC professionals and consumers.
• Breezer A real-time connection tool that facilitates easier communication and networking among users in the Blaq App community. Differentiated by ease-of-use and implementation.
• Youth Financial Literacy Program Interactive seminar and journaling sessions for teenagers and young adults, hosted by relatable peers and instructed by industry professionals covering finance, banking, real estate, careers, counseling, medicine, life coaching, and nutrition.
• Blaq App Reproductive and Maternal Mortality Project Healthcare equity initiative focused on publishing best practices and latest technology for treating fibroids and cysts, combined with a geo-located map of best service providers.
• Night of 1000 Crowns Gala Awards presentation gala ticketed at $175.00 per person for early-bird group tickets (3-10 people), serving as a primary customer engagement and community-building event for the BIPOC professional audience.
• Interfaith Domestic Violence Prevention Conference Domestic violence prevention conference held February 23, 2023, priced at $75.00 per ticket, including recorded webinar sessions with panel discussions, de-escalation training with certificate of completion, and 30 days complimentary virtual counseling with a licensed therapist.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Super Happy Healthy KidsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focused on children's health and wellness. Appears on Blaq App portfolio page with active website presence.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Healthgrades: A leading healthcare provider directory aggregating patient experience, quality data, and provider information. Directly comparable to Blaq App's healthcare vertical pillar and its approach of aggregating public data and user experiences to identify best-in-class providers.
• Yelp: The dominant consumer-facing service provider review and discovery platform spanning healthcare, education, retail, and hospitality. Comparable to Blaq App's core aggregator-of-experiences thesis, but operating at massive scale and without Blaq App's BIPOC-specific curation or public-records integration.
• Angi (formerly Angie's List): A consumer-facing marketplace and review platform for local service providers in home, education, and personal services. Comparable to Blaq App's curated service-provider thesis and use of verified customer experiences to drive discovery, though Angi operates at a different vertical and scale.
• Google Maps (Local/Reviews): Google's mapping and local business review product that aggregates user reviews, ratings, and business information across virtually every service category. Comparable to Blaq App as the default service-provider discovery layer, but at vastly greater scale and without Blaq App's curated, community-led or public-records-based ranking approach.

Direct peers

• We Buy Black: An online marketplace and directory for Black-owned businesses and consumers. Comparable to Blaq App in its focus on connecting BIPOC consumers with verified service providers and businesses, with overlapping GTM emphasis on community and cultural alignment.
• Official Black Wall Street: A directory and marketplace for Black-owned businesses across multiple categories. Directly comparable to Blaq App as a community-focused service provider discovery platform targeting the same BIPOC audience with a similar provider-curation thesis.

Emerging players

• Find Black Owned Businesses: A community-built directory of Black-owned businesses across the U.S. Comparable to Blaq App as a niche service-provider discovery tool focused on the same demographic, but narrower in vertical coverage and at an earlier stage of platform development.
• Support Black Owned: An online directory and community for discovering Black-owned businesses. Comparable to Blaq App in audience targeting and the curated-provider discovery thesis, though it operates as a more passive directory without Blaq App's public-records aggregation or event-driven engagement layer.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blaq-app
• Facebookfacebook.com/blaqapp-112615630494454

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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