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Pathwaylending
We’re Tennessee’s largest Community Development Financial Institution - that means we’re mission-driven to help your business grow! The Pathway lending team provides lending solutions and educational services that support the development, growth, and preservation of underserved small businesses, affordable housing, and sustainable communities. With a focus on serving veteran, women, minority, rural and low-income business owners and business borrowers with growth opportunities who may not qualify for traditional lending. We’re not just another lender, we’re your partner in success. Our loans and advisory services move businesses forward, create jobs and strengthen communities by cutting operating costs, improving cash flow and boosting the bottom line. Why use Pathway Lending for your small business financing needs? Our products feature up to 100% loan to value, extended amortization, and competitive interest rates for projects ranging from $5,000 to $5 million.
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http://btn.vc/ is a seed-stage venture platform targeting first-quartile returns by leading investments nationally in high-impact software companies (i.e., with potential for multi-$100m exits). Favored sectors include edtech, fintech, healthtech, climate change, and culture-based markets. We are very intentional about broadening access to capital markets: all our founder/CEOs are diverse (75% Black, 75% Women, others Latinx, Asian). Our partners have decades of venture experience managing multiple funds, building companies worth over $19b. Our fund team is largely diverse (85% Black, 60% Women). We are generally first institutional investors in our companies, leading/co-leading seed rounds of about $2m-$3m at valuations in the $5m-$15m range. Companies should run on this capital for 18-24 months, generating about $1m in revenue. We’ll then help them secure up-round follow-on financing to fuel growth from our network of over 100 co-investors (over $4b to date).
incub8 ventures
We are a VC Firm as well as an Incubation Center for Technology Startups in the early stages with offices in the Silicon Valley and Hyderabad, India. As a Startup founder, you can simply walk in with your Idea and build it right here leveraging the following facilities/services we offer in a very efficient way - Co-working space with all the comforts needed to be highly productive - Centralized Air-Conditioning (entire building) - Two Elevators for easy movement across all the floors- One Conference Hall (60 seats) - Two Meeting Rooms (20 seats) - Several Small Meeting Rooms (8 seats) - Gym sophisticated equipment, Trainer, Showers & Lockers - Guest Rooms (1 Executive suite with kitchen, 2 deluxe rooms)- Executive Lounge - Terrace for Meetups with a Large Screen Projector- Ready access to Freelancer Community - Direct access to the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem - Support for Digital Marketing - Support for Customer Acquisition- Support for Idea Validation
The Syracuse Student Sandbox
The Syracuse Student Sandbox is a unique business incubator that gives aspiring student entrepreneurs the resources to make their visions a reality.Unlike other incubators, the Sandbox does not currently claim ownership to any part of the student companies: Students participating in the program maintain 100% equity in their companies. Some participating schools have established investment funding mechanisms for student ventures. The Sandbox continues to seek additional sources of support in form of sponsorship, in-kind contributions or direct investment.The program is currently open to students from the sponsored Kauffman Foundation Enitiative schools: Syracuse University; Cayuga Community College; Le Moyne College; Morrisville State College, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Onondaga Community College.The Sandbox is working to expand membership to other schools such as University of Rochester, RIT, Cornell, SUNY Oswego, and Clarkson.
General Catalyst
Mr. Hugh Crean serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at General Catalyst Partners. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Vhoto. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Farecast. Mr. Crean focuses on all stages of consumer online businesses. He is the former President of Farecast. He joined the Microsoft search team as General Manager and Principal Engineering Manager focused on development and launch of Bing Travel. Before Farecast, he was Senior Vice President of Business Development at National Leisure Group (NLG). Before NLG, he served as Vice President of Product and Corporate Development with Priceline and as Vice President of Strategic Analysis for Citigroup's Advanced Development. Before Citigroup, he also held positions in equity research at DLJ, corporate finance at Viacom and corporate audit at AC Nielsen/Dun & Bradstreet. He is a graduate of Boston College. He serves as Board member at Luxury Retreats International.
Najeti Ventures
Najeti Ventures specializes in private equity investments in diverse industries throughout the United States. Najeti Ventures is part of Najeti S.A.S., a family-owned company specializing in private equity in the United States, venture capital in Spain and hospitality services in France. Najeti’s mission encompasses a global commitment to provide capital investment and business support to new or expanding enterprises with the goal of promoting their growth into highly profitable, long-term, sustainable businesses. The foundation of Najeti Ventures' strategy is to identify well-positioned companies in both growing and consolidating industry sectors and support strong management teams to realize their full potential. Actively partnering with other experienced investors, Najeti provides strong origination and transaction expertise throughout the life of the investment. Najeti's areas of interest include recapitalizations, buyouts and growth equity.
Oweesta
Oweesta Corporation’s mission is to provide opportunities for Native people to develop financial assets and create wealth by assisting in the establishment of strong, permanent institutions and programs contributing to economic independence and strengthening sovereignty for all Native communities. Oweesta is the longest standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities. Specifically, Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research, and policy advocacy to help Native communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products. Asset-building tools stimulate reservation economies by providing tribal members the opportunity to acquire financial management skills and build and accumulate assets through small business creation, homeownership, education, and much more.
Laconia Capital Group
Mr. Vamsi Sistla serves as Operating Advisor & Operating Partner at Laconia Capital Group. He is an innovative technologist with over 18 years of experience in the Television, Digital Media & Financial industries. He has built various enterprise quality software and technology (Web and Mobile) platforms. Vamsi currently serves as CTO for OfferBoard and Technical Advisor to various early stage startups. Previously, Vamsi co-founded – Telvetto (2nd Screen Social TV Platform), Mogozz (Mobile Events Platforms) and Captivision Networks (iTV Educational Channel). Vamsi is an active Angel investor in ARC Angels, Eniac Ventures (1 & 3) and TIE SV Angels. He is also active in social & impact enterprises as a mentor (Microsoft Ventures, The Unreasonable Institute, TechStars London IoT Spring 2013 Session, 37Angels and Americas Amazing Teens Project), advisor to various early stage startups and a board member (The Good Life Organization & Chaupal India).
Bee Partners
Mr. Michael Berolzheimer is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Bee Partners. Michael began his career in finance at DLJ/Credit Suisse, working in alternative asset management (private equity, venture capital and hedge funds). After two years in investment banking he was recruited by his lead client, Harvest Partners, to focus exclusively on Private Equity. He completed his first angel investment deal with Bear Naked Granola shortly after joining Harvest Partners, and he never looked back. Michael is known for his empathy and understanding for entrepreneurs-- based on his meeting and overcoming their same challenges in his own startups. He possesses an uncanny ability to network and bring together the right players for each project Bee Partners engages with. Perhaps most importantly, he grasps the big picture situation quickly, he identifies and sizes up opportunity, and sees the clearest path to success.
NextView Ventures
Mr. Rob Go is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at NextView Ventures. He has dedicated his career as an investor and operator to internet enabled innovation. Previously, Rob was a venture capitalist at Spark Capital. Before joining Spark Capital, Rob held product roles at Ebay, and was the North America Business Unit owner for "Finding". In this role, he helped to launch over 20 products that significantly enhanced Ebay's search, browse, and merchandising capabilities. Rob began his career at The Parthenon Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm. He was a member of the firm's Private Equity practice, and focused on the consumer and retail industries. Additionally, he has held product management roles at Fidelity Investments, BzzAgent, and helped to found Letslink.jp, one of the first social networking sites outside of the United States. Rob holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University.
Workday Ventures
Mike Frandsen is vice president at Workday and oversees product management, quality assurance and product delivery. Prior to joining Workday, he was CEO at Potenco, a green energy startup. Before Potenco, Mike was CEO at TradePoint Solutions, a provider of SaaS-based retail promotion management applications. He led TradePoint from delivery of a successful product prototype to the sale of the company to DemandTec in 2006. Preceding TradePoint, he was at PeopleSoft for seven years in various leadership roles, including vice president and general manager of supply chain management. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) specializing in software strategy, product planning, development and customer support. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado. He is also certified in planning and inventory management and resource management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.
Versatile VC
Versatile Venture Capital backs early-stage companies which help investors generate alpha and succeed. For example, we’re investors (via prior funds) in alternative data, investment research, back-office tech, marketplaces for private companies, and salestech to help gather assets. Our typical check size is $200,000 to $1,000,000. We lead rounds and will also co-invest. We are an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. We manage PEVCtech, a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. We also manage Founders’ Next Move, a community for founders researching their next move: launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; scouting for investments; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; participating in expert networks; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job.
Plainsightcapital
Plain Sight Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund, invests in pre-seed to seed-stage B2B SaaS companies with at least one underrepresented founder. We look for Product-Led companies that focus on providing value to customers as quickly as possible by eliminating long, complicated sales processes. Furthermore, these companies use product-led growth strategies to scale horizontally across industries. In addition, Plain Sight Capital enables success by helping early-stage companies to validate that they are solving the right problem, for the right people, with the right solution. Equity serves as the foundation of everything we do. We are committed to the success of our founders, investors, and the larger community we operate in. Likewise, our unwavering commitment to our stakeholders drives us. We believe the best stories are told through results and work every day to tell our story of success through the results that we produce.
Fairhaven Capital
Mr. Paul Ciriello is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Fairhaven Capital Partners. He founded TD Capital Ventures in 2001. His past investments include: iPhrase (acq NYSE: IBM), Softricity (acq NASDAQ: MSFT), Cloakware (acq JSE: NPN), SiGe Semiconductor (acq NASDAQ: SWKS) and Third Screen Media (acq NYSE: TWX). Paul’s current investments include: Springpad in Cambridge, MA and YottaMark in Redwood City, CA. Previously, Paul was an executive at Fidelity Investments in Boston where he was the President of Fidelity Interactive, Founder and President of Proxy Edge, Inc. (acq: ADP), President of The Water Street Project and President of Fidelity Capital Technology. Earlier, Paul was a Senior Policy Advisor at the US EPA, and a US Presidential Management Intern. He earned an MPA from Northeastern University, where he was a University Fellow and a US Public Research Fellow. Paul received a BA in Political Science from SUNY at Buffalo.
Lakotafunds
Lending for the purpose of starting or growing reservation businesses is the heart of our mission. We have several financing options to help aspiring or established entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality. Lakota Funds wants to work with you to make your business a success. Lakota Funds can also package loans with off-reservation banks for larger projects. Ag loans up to $300,000 support Native American farmers, ranchers, and gardeners by providing the capital necessary to launch a new operation or expand an existing one. The small loan (up to $25,000) is perfect for the serious startup or existing business that has a substantial need for capital. The business loan ($25,001-$300,000) is great for the existing business that is looking to reach new levels of success. And lastly, if someone has been in business for at least two years and is in need of access to additional credit, our business line of credit might be the right fit.
Aligned Partners
We are a team of venture capitalists who are obsessively focused on alignment with founders. Everything we do at Aligned Partners centers around enabling great outcomes for our founders and investors. To do so, we have crafted an investment approach that uniquely serves the needs of capital-efficient companies. In particular, we believe that: - Aligning the interests of founders and investors works better for everyone. When we’re all pulling the oars in the same direction, we can accomplish great things with fewer obstacles. - Higher efficiency yields higher returns. Entrepreneurship is, at its essence, about resourcefulness. Companies that achieve their goals in a resource-efficient manner provide high value to their founders and investors alike. - Sustainable growth is a side effect of creating real value for customers. Great companies deeply understand their customers and offer them exceptional, targeted value propositions.
Fourdirectionsmaine
Four Directions Development Corporation is a nonprofit Community Development Corporation and Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDC/CDFI) certified by the US Department of Treasury. Established in 2001, Four Directions was created by the Penobscot Indian Nation. It was the first Native CDFI in Northern New England and is the only Native CDFI in Maine. Four Directions offers three loan types: Residential loans for aspiring home owners; small business loans for Native entreprenuers looking to grow their business and in need of financing for working capital/operating expenses, equipment, vehicles, and commercial real estate (businesses that are at least 51% Native-owned are eligible to apply); and community development loans to further economic and community development activities that build assets, promote self-determination, strengthen nation building, and advance tribal sovereignty in Wabanaki communities.
GoodCompany Group
GoodCompany Ventures catalyzes start-ups with innovative solutions to big, unmet social and evironmental needs. GoodCompany entrepreneurs get a great place to work in Philadelphia, a community of like-minded entrepreneurs, and access to a network of capital sources and expert advisors. GCV champions models that offer investors both financial return and social impact. GoodCompany Ventures provides support, facilities, and mentoring to qualified, socially conscious entrepreneurs who can make a difference.The program is a pioneer in the social sector, repurposing a proven venture strategy in this emerging sector. Unlike conventional venture incubators, GoodCompany Ventures doesnt extract an equity commitment from entrepreneurs, but expects a commitment of time and creativity toward building a community of social entrepreneurship. The program will culminate in a Funding Day where companies will pitch their ideas to investors.
Leap Global Partners
Founded in 2018, LEAP Global Partners is a LatinX led VC that partners with underrepresented founders challenging the status quo in Fintech, Commerce, and SaaS. We focus on the LatinX markets given secular growth opportunities that are often overlooked by traditional VCs. Our team is uniquely positioned to partner withing our target markets given our domain expertise and extensive network. This unique cross-border network of investors and co-investors we have established differentiates us with our founders, which in turn enables us to win some attractive, highly competitive investment opportunities. As discussed below, we leverage our network to add significant value in the areas of recruiting, international expansion, and fundraising - all critical elements of an early-stage startup’s journey. We are committed to invest in underrepresented founders in our key sectors. This includes ethnic minorities and/or female founder
Minerva
Founded in 2009, Minerva Capital Group is redefining the meaning of impact investing through its systems-based approach, shifting paradigms by backing disruptive technology and innovation. We partner with visionary entrepreneurs to help them make strategic decisions, achieve sustainable growth, and enhance their model to maximize their impact through analysis and systems-based thinking. We achieve unparalleled ROI through investing in high-potential, disruptive companies that effectively serve the unmet needs of people and businesses around the world. Our strong relationships with investors leverage highly specialized operational knowledge paired with a vast network of technical specialists developed over 24 years of successful global corporate leadership. Minerva Capital Group is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Ansa
Ansa is a New York-based venture capital fund on a mission to empower operators as they scale their businesses from early venture to early growth. Building on our past experiences as partners to market-defining companies such as Coinbase, CrowdStrike, EverlyHealth, FanDuel, Kindbody, Ro (Dadi), and Peloton, we are committed to investing in new markets and distribution models across software and internet. As a firm, we’ve built an authentically diverse team - formerly of Google, TCV, Glossier, Silversmith, M33, The Chernin Group, Lead Edge, and KKR - who share strong cultural values centered around community, collaboration, and thesis-driven investing. We operate as a true partnership and make a small number of high-conviction, thesis-driven investments each year, primarily investing $5-30M into Series A and B businesses. Our ambition is to be your most aligned, impactful partner. Find out more at http://ansa.co/.
Sbacsav
We provide loans and technical assistance for new and existing businesses in Southeast Georgia and the Low Country of South Carolina, with a focus on providing equitable access to all segments of our community. To be eligible, a business must be operated for-profit and meet SBA’s size standards. Some types of businesses are not eligible, such as those engaged in lending, real estate development, investment or speculation, pyramid schemes, gambling, and illegal operations. All loans must be used for sound business purposes. The business must be in our area of operations. SBAC loan officers will decide which product or combination of products best meets your needs. SBAC offers a variety of loan programs that address virtually all small business financing needs. There are many available loan funds. SBAC lending professionals will assist you in determining which program or combination of programs is best for you.
Trueaccesscapital
True Access Capital is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving the state of Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. We provide small business loans from $10,000 to $500,000, and community development loans of up to $500,000. We are especially focused on serving diverse business owners, including those who may have difficulty securing financing through traditional sources such as banks and credit unions. And we structure loans differently from traditional lenders by focusing on cash flow analysis, accepting non-traditional collateral and offering flexible terms. True Access Capital offers three loan funds: Micro Loans ($10,000 - $50,000) Business Growth Loans ($50,000 - $500,000) Community Development Loans (up to $500,000) But financing is only one of our services. True Access Capital also offers technical assistance to help small businesses grow and to help communities thrive.
CTA Digital NYC
The Consulate General in New York established a Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA Digital NYC) in New York City in 2012 to help Canadian digital media companies access key resources to accelerate their growth. The CTA Digital Tech is a 5 month program which starts with one month of virtual training to prepare companies for the international market followed by 4 months in New York City. The program gives Canadian SMEs training and assistance in finding clients, venture capital funding and establishing a presence in New York. The program is targeted to high-potential early-stage companies in digital media (including ad tech, data analytics, fintech, e-commerce and software) that are selected through a competitive process guided by the private sector. Selected companies receive space for four months at Grind, a local co-working facility, along with mentoring with business contacts to fast-track growth.
Luminari Capital
Mr. Edgar Bronfman serves as Senior Advisor and Special Limited Partner at Luminari Capital. He serves as Managing Partner at Accretive. He is the Director at IAC/Interactivecorp. He also serves as Chairman at BIM. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), one of the world's largest music companies and home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry (2004-2012). He also serves as Chairman at Endeavor Global. In 2004, Mr. Bronfman led a private investment group in its acquisition of WMG from Time Warner and, in 2005, led the company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Bronfman currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Endeavor Global, an international non-profit development organization and serves as General Partner at Accretive, a venture capital firm specializing in the business process outsourcing area.
NOEMIS Ventures
NOEMIS Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in FinTech, marketplaces, and AI/ML. The pilot fund invested in 10 companies funded solely by the GP for the proof of concept fund. The pilot fund had 2 exits including Trigger acquired by Circle and Gitlinks acquired by Infor. Some of the first breakout winning companies, where NOEMIS was among the earliest seed investors, are Squire (marketplace / fintech) Series D, Petal (fintech) Series D, and Markable (AI) Series A+. The pilot fund (2016) is marked at a MOIC of 5.4x with a DPI of 0.3x placing the performance in the top decile according to Cambridge data. NOEMIS completed the raise of its $25 million first institutional fund in January of 2022. We have been investing out of the new fund since January of 2021 (2021 vintage) and have made 19 investments thus far (target is 25 companies) with 14 companies having already raised up-rounds.
Vsjf
We support sustainable job creation in Vermont through our economic development approaches (programs and services), which can include navigating access to capital. When funding permits, we provide small, strategic grants in the sectors we serve (agriculture and food systems, forest products, waste management, renewable energy, and environmental technology). When capacity exists, we offer administrative support to early- stage nonprofit organizations who do not yet have their own 501(c)3 nonprofit status and other special projects that are aligned with our mission. The Flexible Capital Fund, L3C (Flex Fund) is a low profit, limited liability company launched in 2011. Managed by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, the Flex Fund is supported by 38 investor members committed to helping small and innovative growth-stage companies in working landscape and clean technology sectors stay and grow in Vermont.
TMV
We make investments that reflect the way the world actually looks. As a female-led fund with a portfolio that’s 65% women- and minority-owned, TMV represents an opportunity for a more inclusive society and culture. We are committed to investing in diverse companies because it’s simply good business. We pledge to put more capitalistic power into the hands of women and people who are BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color). Our terrain: Purpose-driven founders reimagining. The way we work: We invest in companies that help both workers and entrepreneurs cultivate talent. Logistics and mobility: We invest in companies creating transparency and efficiency around global trade and movement. Sustainable solutions: We invest in the circular economy. The Care Economy: We invest in companies broadening access to care. Fintech: We invest in companies enabling equal access and education in finance.
Illuminate Ventures
Illuminate’s focus is on finding, funding and accelerating great founders in the B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile computing space. We focus on companies building SaaS applications as well as solutions that leverage data and mobility to improve business results. We seek innovative ideas led by talented teams - frequently bringing together diverse perspectives that marry “creative destruction” with new technologies to solve old problems in new ways. Illuminate is typically a startup’s first institutional investor, but can also be a fit for an established company seeking its first equity financing. Our sweet spot is series seed rounds - filling the gap between angel capital and larger funding rounds of traditional VCs. When the timing is right, we collaborate with the best large-scale firms for the next round of financing, but we love lean startups that preserve flexibility in their early years.
XG Ventures
Mr. Pietro Dova is a Co-Founding Partner at XG Ventures. He was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google's operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietro was VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996 Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies' European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management.
Romulus Capital
Mr. Neil Chheda is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Romulus Capital. He is an entrepreneur. He has a passion for building product and teams. He focuses on investments in internet, mobile, and healthcare companies. Before Romulus, Neil was a product manager at Zynga. He built products features for Farmville, which has since reached tens of millions of users and become one of the most successful internet products in history. Prior to Zynga, he founded and successfully sold a healthcare company that designs new anesthesiology service solutions to outpatient centers. Neil founded and managed a boutique private equity firm to invest in niche healthcare markets. He has also spent time at McKinsey & Company and Kleiner Perkins, where he focused in healthcare and technology industries. Neil received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Womenventure
Do you need money for your small business? WomenVenture offers loans from $1,000 up to $100,000 to qualified new and existing business owners. We are a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and Minnesota Department of Employment &; Economic Development (DEED) lender. We lend to businesses located in the 16-county Twin Cities metro region in Minnesota. The counties we serve include: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Steele, Washington, Wright, Pierce (WI), Polk (WI), and St. Croix (WI). Loan features: no application fee, fixed interest rates, monthly repayment - for up to 5 years, no pre-payment penalty, one-time commitment fee, plus collateral filing fees, access to business advisors for the duration of your loan on topics including: finance, marketing, human resources, legal and more
Cowboy Ventures
Mr. Noah Lichtenstein serves as Venture Partner at Cowboy Ventures. He has been helping build start ups in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade, and is passionate about turning ideas into products and businesses that customers love. Prior to joining Cowboy, Noah was a founding member of HomeRun, a leading social commerce platform that reached over 100 million consumers at its peak (acquired by Rearden Commerce). Noah built and managed the sales infrastructure, led strategic partnerships with AT&T, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and helped develop the company's B2B commerce platform. Before HomeRun, Noah led consumer business development at the Climate Corporation (acquired by Monsanto (MON)), was the Co-Founder & President of Annuvia, and served as a wildland firefighter in rural Oregon. He attended Stanford University and serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Bay Area.
Smapply
Black women-owned businesses are vital to our economy yet receive less than one percent of venture capital funding. Fearless Fund is deepening its commitment to this community with the launch of the contest. With Mastercard prizing, we’ll be awarding eleven lucky small businesses across the country $10,000 grants, digital tools to help them get and sustain their business online, and Priceless one-on-one mentorship so they can continue to bolster their business. Don’t miss your chance! Complete your entry form for your chance to win. See Official Rules for full details, including entry qualification details. Click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and enter for the chance to win. If your business is located in Atlanta, Birmingham, Dayton, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City or St. Louis, stay tuned to learn more about how you can enter your city specific Fearless Strivers Grant Contest.
Salem Partners LLC
Mr. John Dyett is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Salem Partners. Mr. Dyett heads the firm's efforts in the Life Sciences. He has raised in excess of $200 million of private equity and completed multiple merger and acquisition assignments for Salem Partners' clients. Mr. Dyett raised several rounds of venture capital for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics which was purchased for $2.3 billion cash by Reckitt Benckiser in 2008. Mr. Dyett’s other clients include Neos Therapeutics, Lombardi Software and Quinnova Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Dyett also serves on the investment committees of Salem Partners Wealth Management and SW Contego, a fund of hedge funds established by Salem Partners Wealth Management in 2008. Prior to founding Salem Partners, Mr. Dyett was a banker with Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc. and Needham and Co., Inc. Mr. Dyett is a graduate of Harvard College.
Divergent Capital
Divergent Capital is a $30M pre-seed fund backing founders commercializing deeply technical and scientific innovations. We were launched by two experienced investors and operators, Lucy Wang and Katie Shea. Lucy is a Machine Learning scientist by training. She has spent her career building tech and product at the earliest stage and investing in deep tech + science founders. Katie is a sales and marketing expert. She spent her career launching and helping startups commercialize and backing founders with unique business model innovations across industries. Our strategy is to lead rounds with conviction and build a concentrated portfolio of companies using tech and science innovations to solve real world problems across manufacturing & industrial, life science & healthcare, consumer, and next-gen services. Our average check size is $500K - $1M, investing in about 8 companies a year.
Kenneth B. Sawyer
Saints Capital is an investment firm that provides liquidity to investors within private companies. The firm formed its first secondary fund in 2000 and has since provided liquidity to general partners and their limited partners in both venture capital and private equity, founders and early employees of venture-backed companies, and financial institutions. The firm makes structured deals that may include loans, deferred payments and upside sharing. The team has experience and knowledge in industries that include business services, telecom equipment, aerospace, cleantech, and security. The four types of sellers that Saints Capital serves are founders and early employees, general partners of venture capital and private equity funds, financial institutions with illiquid securities, and limited partners of old venture capital funds. The firm is located in San Francisco, California.
Andesite Capital
Andesite Capital Management is an investment management firm seeking to acquire, manage and hold outstanding properties, to partner with outstanding management teams and to pursue exceptional capital projects that are consistent with the financial objectives, personal interests and values of the firm’s principal. While we seek only investments with compelling risk adjusted returns, we also consider the broader implications of our asset allocation decisions. Most of our energy is spent on direct investments, but we selectively invest indirectly through carefully chosen strategic partners. In all cases, we are allocating our own capital for the very long run. We are highly selective and employ a disciplined approach to focus only on those opportunities that meet our multifaceted objectives. To illustrate better what we actually do, please take a look at the Select Projects tab.
Blackstone Group
Mr. Jonathan Gray serves as a Global Head of Real Estate at The Blackstone Group. He is also a Board Member at Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Since joining Blackstone in 1992, Mr. Gray has led the privatization of eleven public real estate companies valued at more than $100 billion including Extended Stay America, Wyndham International, Carr America, Equity Office Properties and Hilton Hotels. Mr. Gray previously worked in the Corporate Advisory Services group and the Private Equity group at Blackstone. Mr. Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He currently serves as a board member of the Pension Real Estate Association, Harlem Village Academies and Trinity School. He is also an Angel Investor.
FirstMark Capital
Mr. Matt Turck serves as Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. He invests across a broad range of enterprise and consumer startups. Prior to FirstMark, he was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the investment and incubation arm of Bloomberg LP, which he helped start. Previously, Matt was the co-founder of TripleHop Technologies, a venture-backed enterprise search software startup that was acquired by Oracle. Matt is passionate about building communities, and organizes two large monthly events, Data Driven NYC (which focuses on data-driven startups and Big Data) and Hardwired NYC (which focuses on the Internet of Things, 3D printing, and wearable computing). Matt graduated from Sciences-Po Paris and holds a master of laws (LL.M.) from Yale Law School. He also serves as Member of Investment Committee at Digital Currency Group. He serves as a Board Member at frame.ai.
H Venture Partners
We invest all over North America in companies that have $0-$50MM in revenue, with initial investments that range from $500K-$5MM. What we look for: Experienced management teams, specifically at least one of the following: domain expertise, channel expertise, stage expertise, previous exits. Balanced teams with complementary skill sets. Purpose-driven brands. Platform brands looking to dominate an entire category or show up in multiple categories. Superior product performance. A pipeline of product and business model innovation. Solving a real problem in a $1Bn+ category. Competitive unit economics at scale. Quality co-investors: good partners that are experienced in this stage, category, or channel. Deal terms that make sense. We underwrite deals for a minimum 50% IRR, which means that there’s typically a pathway to the value of the company doubling in the next 12-24 months.
Fusion Fund
Fusion Fund backs early-stage entrepreneurs building forward-thinking companies with technical and data advantages in their business models. We are actively looking for companies in the industrial, enterprise, and healthcare application spaces and for founders with direct experience and expertise in those areas. We have invested all across the United States and target companies who are at pre-seed, seed, and Series A. The DNA of the firm is rooted in the team’s technical and entrepreneurial background. As former technical operators who have previously started, ran, and sold companies, we know what it takes to build successful enterprises and how to overcome challenges specific to those building technology businesses. Fusion Fund is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Enrichher
You are among the ranks of women and founders of color leading companies that wield increased local and national economic power. You are the future of business, and EnrichHER is committed to connecting your company to affordable and accessible working capital. We put New Majority founders first. Companies must meet pre-qualification criteria. On average, they have been operating for two or more years and have an annual revenue of $250,000. We partner with corporations, foundations, and individuals to fund companies using our secure and seamless financial technology platform. Whether you are looking to set up a managed fund, build your personal funding portfolio, or give a tax-deductible donation, we have a solution for you. We fund companies based in the United States and territories at this time. Our coaching and community services are open to founders globally.
Clearstone Venture Partners
Mr. William Quigley serves as Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners. He focuses on Clearstone's communications investments. He is a Board Member in AOptix. His areas of investment interest include broadband wireless enabling technologies, operational support systems and communications service innovators. Mr. Quigley joined Clearstone Venture Partners from Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, where he focused on early-stage communications companies targeting the software, equipment and service sectors. At MAVF, he was responsible for investments in Integrated Chipware, a real time embedded OS developer, Wisor Telecom, an OSS vendor to the CLEC and ISP industry and NexTone Communications. Prior to MAVF, he spent six years in a variety of operational roles at The Walt Disney Company and was a Senior Consultant with Arthur Andersen's Financial Services Group.
Ncic
NCIC offers a variety of business lending and support programs to meet the diverse needs of the business, and the borrower. We work in partnership across the region to support smaller entrepreneurs to grow and prosper with flexible financing solutions, and assist large scale employers with loan capital for a wide variety of financial needs. We have been providing financing and business support services to Vermont and New Hampshire since 1975. Commercial loans: NCIC can supplement traditional bank lending as a secondary source of financing, or offer direct financing to qualifying businesses. Our loans range in size with a maximum amount of $500,000. Large project capital: NCIC will work with you and develop affordable financing solutions to best meet the needs of your business. To date, NCIC has assisted businesses to develop more than $100 million dollars.
GingerBread Capital
At GingerBread Capital, we invest in the next generation of women founders and entrepreneurs leading high-growth businesses. We help women-led businesses gain access to the knowledge, networks, and capital they need to build and scale successful enterprises, and we encourage other women to do the same. What we’re looking for: Quality founders: visionary, dynamic founders with exceptional execution skills who possess high conviction, passion and drive differentiated business model: a great concept, and an irresistible business model that clearly demonstrates a true need, an identifiable market and a competitive advantage technology-enabled: automation, AI and data analytics propel the brand, revenues and customer satisfaction scalability: a go-to-market approach that builds customers today and has the potential to be much, much larger in the future.
Gjdc
Frmed in 1967, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation is one of the nation’s first community development corporations. Since then, GJDC has become a model for economic transformation. GJDC encourages responsible private and public investment in Jamaica, Queens to enhance the quality of life for the residents and workers of Jamaica. We pride ourselves on our local focus, data-driven approach, high-impact programs and crosssector collaborations - all leading to the revitalization of our storied community. Southeast Queens Capital Access is a revolving loan fund within the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation that invests in community businesses to create community jobs within new and existing businesses located in Southeast Queens. There are two loan types: term loans between $10,000 and $300,000 and lines of credit between $10,000 and - $25,000.
Dubilier & Company
Dubilier & Company is a Stamford, Connecticut based private investment firm that seeks to invest in all stages of a company’s life-cycle, from venture capital to acquisition. The firm specializes in investing in areas such as entrepreneurial or family-owned businesses in which the shareholders are seeking liquidity, acquisition or growth capital infusions in companies looking to accelerate growth, non-core divisions of corporations that no longer meet the strategic goals of the parent company, undervalued or under performing enterprises with the opportunity to effect change, strategic or financial partnerships with others who bring additional skills or expertise to the company. It primarily focuses on businesses in the consumer products, e-commerce, online marketing, information technology systems and services, and media and publishing industries.