Facebook is three percent black.
Uber is nine percent black.
Google is two percent black.
Apple is nine percent black.
When it comes to tech, there just isn't very much diversity. In fact, despite what they say are their best efforts, tech titans can't seem to crack double digits when it come to their black populations.
TechCrunch reports, however, that one new start-up has figured it out.
Rubicon Global, an Atlanta-based trash collection optimization platform is a full 25 percent black.
The start-up is something of a marketplace; it connects businesses with trash and recycling services through a bidding system that is designed to make trash collection quick, cheap and efficient.
The fledgling company already has partnerships with a lot of familiar brands such as 7-Eleven, The Salvation Army and Sweetgreen.
It also has raised $220 million in venture funding and continues to grow.
Still, although Rubicon beats every large tech company when it comes to black diversity, it is still pretty white. 60 percent white, in fact.
When you look at who is in management roles, things get a little less impressive. Rubicon's management team is 79 percent white and seven percent black.
Perhaps one reason why the company has had such success recruiting black talent is that it operates in on of the U.S.' great black metropolises, Atlanta.
According to TechCrunch's calculations, Atlanta is 54 percent black and 38 percent white.
“Atlanta has provided an amazing platform to recruit some of the best talent in America, with employees of all backgrounds and ethnicities joining our team,” Kerri Faber, VP Human Resources at Rubicon Global said.
Aside from black and white employees, Rubicon is 10 percent Asian, three percent Latinx, only one percent two or more races (mixed race), and 0.5 percent American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.
Not only are Rubicon's minority numbers above average, but it's gender ratio is too.
Currently, Rubicon is 40 percent female and 60 percent male. Out of that 40 percent, 30 percent of those holding leadership roles are women.
For comparison, Facebook is 35 percent female.
“At Rubicon, we celebrate our team members and are committed to creating an increasingly diverse environment,” Rubicon CEO Nate Morris said. “We’ve made great progress to date, but we have work to do.”