Investors in United States
Every firm we hold for United States — venture capital, angel networks, accelerators, private equity and family offices, with stage focus, sector focus and cheque range.
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Emmelineventures
Founded in 2022 with offices in Los Angeles and Phoenix, Emmeline Ventures is a female-founded early-stage fund with a team of investors steadfastly committed to investing in ambitious female founders building businesses that are helping women, in particular, manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. The team is led by three female General Partners, all from diverse backgrounds, who bring 30+ years of investing and operating experience to the fund. We’re bridging the funding gap for female founders and unlocking this asset class for more female investors. Our LP base is 80% senior executive women, 60% of them first-time VC investors. It’s a vibrant and collaborative base of investors eager to bring ‘all of their currency’ (capital, expertise, network access, advisor support, etc.) to every founder we invest in.
Glasswing Ventures
We partner with founders to help them assemble powerhouse teams, acquire first customers, and secure the right foundation to launch and accelerate their startups to their full potential. In working with our founders, we view ourselves as extensions to their team and are always ready to tackle hard problems together. As fellow entrepreneurs, we understand that it takes heart, mind, and incredible grit to change the game. We are a tightly knit team, differentiated by our depth of expertise and unwavering commitment to diversity of background, gender, and perspectives. From our core team to our exceptional entrepreneurs and world-renowned advisors, we think deeply, consider openly, and act decisively to embrace the potential of what’s next. And together, we power a platform that transforms early-stage innovation into generation-defining businesses.
The Westly Group
Mr. Mike Jackson serves as Partner at The Westly Group. Prior to joining, he was founder and CEO of Village Green Energy, a retailer of renewable electricity production to households and businesses. Previously, he managed research in India and China at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University, where he wrote on the impact of global coal, oil, and natural gas markets on energy choices in the developing world. In addition to his work in energy, Mr. Jackson chairs an internal board for Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California, where he leads efforts to bring young professionals into the charity as volunteers and future donors. Mr. Jackson holds a master’s degree in Energy Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Earth Systems, all from Stanford University. He serves as a Board Observer at RapidSOS.
Sckedd
At SCKEDD, we believe our role is to enhance and improve the economic vitality, community infrastructure, and housing quality within the region we serve in Kansas. We carry out our mission by providing business loans, grants for communities, grants for housing renovation, grants for weatherization, and working with donors to support our mission. We offer three loan types: SBA microloans ($5K to $50K) to fund working capital, inventory, furniture and fixtures or equipment and is ideal for startups, and newly established or growing businesses; EDA & SBA loans ranging from $50k to $300k to fund your business needs, ideal for business startups or business expansions; and commercial real estate and heavy equipment loans ($300K to $5M) for purchasing commercial real estate, machinery and equipment, or refinancing existing debt with an SBA 504 loan.
Social Capital
Mr. Thomas Layton serves as a Board Partner at Social Capital. He was Chief Executive Officer of Metaweb Technologies since June 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable from 2001 to June 4, 2007. He co-founded MAPLight. He co-founded CitySearch and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from November 1995 to June 1999. He also serves as a Board Member at Doxo. He served at Score Learning as the Chief Financial Officer from April 1994 to October 1995 and as its President and Chief Operating Officer from March 1995 to October 1995. He served as a Vice President and General Manager of MicroFinancial and from 1986 to 1988, he served as a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a BS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Eastlink Capital
Mr. Steven Xi is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Eastlink Capital. He is formerly a Regional Director of Riverwood Capital. At Riverwood, he has focused on investments in internet, software/IT services and digital media in China. Prior to joining Riverwood, Steven was a Managing Director at The Hina Group Fund I, where he focused on expansion-stage investments in the technology and digital media space. Before joining Hina, Steven co-founded and managed an ecommerce start-up with locations in the Silicon Valley and Beijing. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, Steven spent six and half years in investment banking and principal investment, in both New York and Hong Kong. Steven started his investment banking career with CSFB in New York and served as the head of China Investment Banking for Kleinwort Benson in Hong Kong.
Learn Capital
Mr. Elliott Bisnow is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Summit. He serves as Venture Partner at Learn Capital. He represents Summit within the general partnership. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Summit, Elliott oversees their annual gatherings, which Forbes called "The Davos of Generation Y," and President Clinton called "A gift to the United States and the world." Elliott is the Co-Founder of The Get Well Soon Tour, which brings world famous musicians to perform in hospitals for sick children. Elliott serves as a Founding Board Member of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council. Elliott is also the Co-Founder of Bisnow Media Corporation with his dad, Mark, which is the largest publisher of commercial real estate news in America and one of the largest business conference producers in America.
Seraph Group
Mr. Tuff Yen serves as President at Seraph Group. He is also a board member of iSpionage. He spent his career as a scientist and a professional investor. He worked as a venture capitalist with Hambrecht & Quist's venture fund ("HQAP") in San Francisco as well as Chemical Bank’s venture arm in New York City. During this period, he worked on investments in a broad range of businesses including industrial manufacturing, distribution, entertainment, publishing, information technology, Internet, medical and life sciences. Prior to joining the VC community, he was a bioengineer with Genentech and worked at Amgen, two leading biotechnology pioneers. He received his masters in business administration from the Yale School of Management and his bachelor degree in Arts in microbiology and immunology from the University of California Berkeley.
Vital Venture Capital
Vital Financial was formed in 2007 under a predecessor name to invest in Certicom, a publicly-traded encryption software company based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. In early 2009 the firm adopted the name "Vital Financial" and formally began to seek additional venture capital investments. The firm has six investment principals with offices in: Simsbury, Connecticut; Bethesda, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Naples, Florida; and Lincolnshire, Illinois. The principals' own funds constitute a substantial portion of each Vital Financial investment. The firm also has a number of individual and institutional co-investors that join Vital Financial in its investments. Vital Venture Capital prefers to invest in early-stage and later-stage companies focusing on business to business SaaS software, medical devices and diagnostics.
Mulliganfunding
For over 13 years, Mulligan Funding has helped women across the nation get access to the business working capital they need. As a family-owned business, we take great satisfaction in helping business owners grow and expand with access to working capital loans and small business term loans ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000. Businesses can get approval in as soon as a few hours, with funding as soon as the business day after approval*. You’ll speak directly with one of our dedicated in-house loan advisers, who will review your individual situation and provide you with the lending solutions that best suit your needs¹. Rated 4.9/5 by our customers on TrustPilot with over 400+ positive reviews, we are confident in our ability to deliver the personalized service you deserve. *¹ Click on the link below to view all disclosures.
Wrule
The W Fund is interested in funding founders who are creating technology products for the masses and recognize that consumers are made up of diverse people - women, LGBTQ, and people of different races, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, locations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. At least 70% of our investments will be in women-led startups. Of that 70%, at least half will go to women who also come from another traditionally underrepresented demographic in the startup space. The remaining 30% must have one of more of the following features: Founder from a traditionally underestimated group, such as race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ socioeconomic background, nationality, age, or location. Solution focused specifically on increasing diversity, equity and inclusion. Solution focused on serving traditionally underserved customer groups
Gregory O'Shea
TWV Capital Management, LLC (TWV Capital) is an independent, Dallas-based private equity firm that provides growth capital through innovative capital solutions to private companies in a way that allows owners and management to maintain majority ownership and control. In addition to providing capital, TWV Capital brings an experienced team of industry and functional experts, entrepreneurs, and seasoned professionals who serve as trusted advisors and resources for portfolio companies. Through the Texas Women Ventures family of funds, TWV Capital has more than $20 million under management dedicated to investing in high growth companies located in Texas and the Greater Southwest. TWV Capital invests in growing companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million, seeking both capital and a team of trusted advisors.
Jeremy L. Katz
Mr. Jeremy Katz serves as Managing Director & Head, Business Development at Grosvenor Capital Management. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. Katz served in the White House Chief of Staff's office as Special Assistant for Policy to the President. In this role, he helped frame strategic decisions for the President and assisted with the coordination, development and implementation of Administration policy. Mr. Katz also served as Associate Director on the White House National Economic Council and as Senior Policy Advisor to the United States Secretary of Commerce. Before joining the Administration, he worked in the Investment Banking Group of William Blair & Company. Mr. Katz holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
True Wealth Ventures
True Wealth Ventures invests in women-led companies with healthy or sustainability impacts at the core of their value propositions. Formed in 2015 by Founding General Partner Sara Brand, True Wealth Ventures, with General Partner Kerry Rupp, is an Austin-headquartered venture capital firm that invests exclusively in women-led companies. True Wealth Ventures investment thesis is women-led companies perform better financially, yet remain an untapped market. We like to be the first institutional investors at an early stage (usually Series Seed) with first checks up to $1M, and we often take a board seat. We generally reserve the majority of our investment capital for follow-on investments. We look for companies where the founders see an acquisition exit opportunity within 5 years at a valuation of $100 million or more.
Cross Border Angels
Cross Border Angels is an angel group which help investors to co-invest in international deals with experienced investors and experts and assist companies to raise funds from the members in various countries. It belongs to Scaale Group of companies which are growth consultants dedicated to help companies through capital, sales and talent. It seeks to invest in the iot, cloud, mobile, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, marketplaces, media, high tech, clean tech, medical devices, real estate, logistics, growth oriented manufacturing, distribution companies, consumer products, retail, food, travel tech, edu-tech, hospitality, smart city tech, smart infrastructure and health care sectors. The firm was founded in 2013 and has an office in San Francisco, California with additional offices in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Kaushal Chokshi
Cross Border Angels is an angel group which help investors to co-invest in international deals with experienced investors and experts and assist companies to raise funds from the members in various countries. It belongs to Scaale Group of companies which are growth consultants dedicated to help companies through capital, sales and talent. It seeks to invest in the iot, cloud, mobile, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, marketplaces, media, high tech, clean tech, medical devices, real estate, logistics, growth oriented manufacturing, distribution companies, consumer products, retail, food, travel tech, edu-tech, hospitality, smart city tech, smart infrastructure and health care sectors. The firm was founded in 2013 and has an office in San Francisco, California with additional offices in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Drake Partners, LLC.
Drake Partners is an investment firm that offers comprehensive services for privately held medical device companies, private equity sponsors and financial institutions. The firm seeks to partner with clients through every facet of operational and strategic needs, ranging from due diligence and regulatory or product development challenges by representing clients with mergers and acquisitions projects, executive recruiting and investment banking services. Its services areas include private acquisition and sale services, licensing, valuation services, debt and financing, executive search and placement, interim management, leadership optimization, coaching and training, compensation and exit bonus structures, succession planning, strategic business planning, information technology support, and product development.
O'Leary Ventures
Mr. Kevin O'Leary serves as Chairman of the Board at IQzone. Mr. Kevin O'Leary serves as Chairman at O'Leary Ventures. He is chairman of O'Leary Funds. Previously, Kevin founded and was president of SoftKey Software (later called The Learning Company), a global educational software company that was acquired for $4.2 billion. In 2003 Mr. O'Leary Co-Founded Storage Now, a Canadian developer of climate controlled storage facilities for technology and pharmaceutical companies. He co-hosts Report on Business Television’s SqueezePlay, a program that has developed a cult following among financial professionals and smart investors with its pull-no-punches look at the good, the bad and the ugly on Bay and Wall Streets. Kevin also hosts O’Leary Live, a call-in show where he shares his market moves with fellow investors.
Propelnonprofits
Propel Nonprofits is a proud partner of The Minneapolis Foundation and LISC Twin Cities in a new grant opportunity to support small business recovery and rebuilding in three of the Minneapolis business corridors worst hit by the combined impact of COVID-19 and the destruction following the murder of George Floyd. These grants are made possible by funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) through a 2021 Main Street Revitalization Program award. Main Street grant funds can be used for repairing or renovating real estate property; building construction; landscaping and streetscaping; predesign and design; engineering; infrastructure; and related site amenities projects. Visit https://www.minneapolisfoundation.org/main-street/ to review project and eligibility guidelines.
Tiller Partners
Mr. Csaba Konkoly is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Tiller Partners. He served as the President at IdeaList Industries. He manages The IdeaLists business and growth strategy. As a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor, Csaba has helped to build several successful ventures (CWOC, GATKO, Croesus) in New York, London, Singapore, Budapest and Los Angeles. Prior to founding Tiller, he was Partner and Co-CIO at the global macro hedge fund Commonwealth Opportunity Capital where he focused on asset allocation and risk management. Before that, he was co-founder of GATKO Partners, a global, top-down equity hedge fund with offices in London and Singapore. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Budapest and attended the MBA Program at the New York University Stern School of Business.
Mtassociation
The Mountain Association finances businesses and organizations that produce positive outcomes for people and places. Our lending team offers loans to existing and startup businesses and organizations. Whether you are just getting started with your business idea, or you are an established business or nonprofit needing a loan to expand your impact, we can find the right kind of affordable financing for you. Because we are a Community Development Financial Institution and a nonprofit, we can offer greater flexibility and lend to folks who might not otherwise qualify. Unlike most traditional lenders, we offer flexible payment schedules and a variety of other services. Along with your loan, for example, we provide free support from an expert consultant to help you market your business or make it more efficient.
Nalcab
NALCAB advances racial and economic equity by providing grants, loans and training to member organizations across the US - supporting their work to advance economic mobility in the Latino communities they serve. NALCAB is the hub of a national network of more than 120 mission-driven organizations that are anchor institutions in geographically and ethnically diverse Latino communities in 40 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. Members of the NALCAB Network invest in their communities by building affordable housing, addressing gentrification, supporting small business growth, and providing financial counseling on issues such as credit building and homeownership. A majority of the people served by the NALCAB Network are low- to moderate-income individuals who are immigrants, or the children of immigrants.
Trufund
TruFund provides affordable, responsible financing to small businesses that cannot access financing through traditional sources. TruFund lends to small businesses and nonprofits across a wide range of industries and business types. Our lending services include microloans, SBA Community Advantage and contract financing for startups and growing business enterprises. With our loan programs, we seek to support the health, sustainability, and growth of small businesses, especially those owned by women and minorities, and those from underserved and disadvantaged communities. Our small business borrowers have used loans in many ways to help sustain and expand their businesses. Loans have been used for working capital, inventory and equipment, leasehold improvements or refinancing existing high-cost debt.
Blackhorn Ventures
Mr. Philip O'Connor serves as Managing Partner at Blackhorn Ventures. He led the company from early prototyping and seed financing, to securing a large strategic partner for an in-field pilot treatment plant. For the past five years Philip has been an investor and advisor focusing on water technology, energy, and bioscience. Philip's interest in early stage ventures started with his appreciation for the natural world. This grew with his first job out of college, working at The Biomimicry Institute in Montana, which helped team engineers with biologists to create the next generation of clean technologies. Philip has a diverse educational background, which includes studies in America, England, Switzerland, China, and New Zealand, and an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that designs and markets wireless telecommunications products. The company specializes in integrated circuits, networking, wireless power and display technology. It also supplies system software based on code division multiple access, orthogonal frequency division multiple access and other technologies for use in voice and data communications and networking. Qualcomm also offers products for implementation of small cells, wireless operators and data centers. It was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. The company has a strategy of accelerating its mobile technology services segment into robust new opportunities so that it can be well positioned to lead by delivering integrated semiconductor services.
Ludlow Ventures
Mr. Jonathon Triest is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ludlow Ventures. In 2011, he was awarded the Crain's Detroit Business award for 20 in their 20's. That same year, he co-founded Funded by Night, a vehicle to help internet startups launch and get discovered. Previously, he served as creative director for New York's Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched the Atlanta-based Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. In addition to his role at Ludlow, he is a mentor at The Brandery and a board member of The Trico Foundation, and Venture for America. previously creative director for New Yorks Discovery Productions. In 2005 he launched Triest Group, a mid-level advertising firm. He sits on the Board of the Trico Foundation and the Board of Investors for Venture for America.
Marc L. Andreessen
Mr. Marc Andreessen is a Co-Founder & serves as a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic Internet browser and cofounded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also cofounded Loudcloud, which as Opsware sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Anki, Bracket Computing, Dialpad, Honor, Lytro, Mori, OpenGov, and Samsara. He is also on the board of Facebook and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
Bcfcapital
We are America’s most comprehensive financing and technical support organization exclusively serving NMSDC-certified businesses, providing loan programs and consulting services. The organization offers a wide range of financing programs and business advisory services to NMSDC-certified minority businesses. The BCF is a “difference maker” for minority-owned businesses that need capital and business support services to grow their business but are unable to obtain them from conventional sources on reasonable terms. Our loan programs are available to companies that are: NMSDC-certified minority businesses, suppliers in NMSDC corporate member or government supply chains, at least three years old, and financially sound with an adjusted cash flow to debt service ratio of at least 1.25 times.
Partner Community Capital
By providing flexible capital and advisory services to small businesses, nonprofits, and farms, Partner Community Capital (PCAP) catalyzes environmentally and socially responsible business development and wealth creation in rural, minority, and low-wealth communities. At Partner Community Capital, we help small businesses get the capital and other resources they need but can’t access. We deliver flexible, affordable loans to borrowers in underserved communities. And, we connect clients to strategic advisory services so they can make the best use of our capital. Loans are $25,000 to $1,000,000 - or more through special enhancement programs. A PCAP loan is frequently part of a larger financing package that may include other loans, grants, tax credits, or alternative forms of financing.
Brick & Mortar Ventures
Mr. Darren Bechtel is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Brick & Mortar Ventures. He brings over 7 years of engineering, product and architectural design, and construction management professional experience to the Brick & Mortar team, as well as over 8 years of venture investing as the founder and managing director of South Park Ventures. Darren is a Stanford-trained engineer and MBA who remains closely connected to the young Stanford entrepreneurial community as the founder and developer of Soma CoLab, a San Francisco-based co-working and incubator space for Stanford alumni. Darren is involved in the boards of six startup companies and serves as a technology innovation advisor to the Bechtel Group, a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management.
Google For Entrepreneurs
Google is committed to empowering entrepreneurs around the world through programs, partnerships, and our products. Google for Entrepreneurs has programs all over the world to foster entrepreneurship, empowering the next generation of innovators to be successful. Google for Entrepreneurs began in a garage nearly two decades ago and today they celebrate their entrepreneurial roots. Google for Entrepreneurs partners with startup communities and builds Campuses where entrepreneurs can learn, connect, and create companies that will change the world. Since 2011, theyve launched Campuses and formed partnerships that support entrepreneurs across 125 countries. Google for Entrepreneurs provides support, resources and Campuses (physical hubs) to the global entrepreneurial community.
Darling Ventures
Mr. Daniel Darling is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Darling Ventures. He has more than 7 years of background in product and market strategy for mobile and adtech companies in the US, Australia and Japan. Daniel started his career in digital advertising and moved progressively into mobile product development before launching Darling Ventures in 2013. He has founded companies, grown startups to acquisition and led product innovation at public technology corporations. He is a specialist in business strategy and bringing products to market for mobile technology companies. Daniel has a degree in Economics and Social Sciences form The University of Sydney as well as executive education from both Berkeley HAAS and Stanford GSB. He doesn't wear khaki VC pants.
Metafund
MetaFund provides flexible financing to community development projects that create quality jobs, health and educational services, or other direct benefits to disadvantaged communities. We do this through the following three programs: Impact Accelerator: The Impact Accelerator provides flexible loans and technical assistance to innovative, mission-driven nonprofit and for-profit organizations with the potential to improve outcomes for disadvantaged individuals. New Markets Tax Credits: The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) is a federal tax credit designed to incentivize investment in disadvantaged low-income communities. Credit Enhancement: We work with our investor banks to create bankable deals and help increase the flow of capital to historically underserved communities.
Techstars DC JP Morgan
Techstars Washington DC Powered by J.P. Morgan focuses on startups that can benefit from tapping into the unique strengths of DC’s innovation and startup ecosystem including our tech talent and diversity, and being a national and global center for policy making. Sector focuses include: health and wellness, education, finance, government and civic engagement, cybersecurity, and more. Open to founders of all backgrounds, the program is designed to provide equitable access to funding and support for Black, Hispanic and Latino, Indigenous American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs. Through game-changing investment and community partnerships, together we will take steps towards dismantling institutional, structural, and systematic barriers that often limit opportunities.
Techstars Oakland JP Morgan
Techstars Washington DC Powered by J.P. Morgan focuses on startups that can benefit from tapping into the unique strengths of DC’s innovation and startup ecosystem including our tech talent and diversity, and being a national and global center for policy making. Sector focuses include: health and wellness, education, finance, government and civic engagement, cybersecurity, and more. Open to founders of all backgrounds, the program is designed to provide equitable access to funding and support for Black, Hispanic and Latino, Indigenous American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs. Through game-changing investment and community partnerships, together we will take steps towards dismantling institutional, structural, and systematic barriers that often limit opportunities.
Telacu
Established in 1981, TELACU Community Capital (TCC) provides special financing and technical assistance to small businesses that do not easily meet the lending criteria of commercial banks. TCC is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) lender that tailors its products and services to meet the specific needs of these growing businesses. TCC partners with numerous private financial institutions and government sources to provide business economic development loans to qualified clients operating in low- and moderate-income communities. Loans range from $5,000 to $2 million. By providing businesses with special financing for working capital, equipment, inventory and debt restructuring, TELACU has been a catalyst in creating and retaining jobs in California.
Ulu Ventures
Ulu Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm investing primarily in enterprise IT, smart data and the opportunities created by Stanford and broader Silicon Valley tech ecosystems. Ulu seeks to invest in diverse founder teams with deep insights and big ideas using a straightforward sequence of information gathering, risk assessment, and due diligence to advance prospects through our pipeline. Adhering to a principled, repeatable decision-making process helps reduce cognitive bias in our investment decisions and makes Ulu’s founders among the most diverse in the industry. In all phases of our data-driven, decision analysis process, we seek to be transparent to entrepreneurs and limited partners. Our approach and point of view make Ulu Ventures unique among venture firms.
Anthony Isaac
Mr. Tony Isaac serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Appliance Recycling Centers Of America. He served as Board Member & Director, Financial Planning and Strategist, Economist at LiveDeal. Mr. Tony Isaac has served as a director of our Company since December 2011 and began serving as the Company's Financial Planning and Strategist/Economist in July 2012. He is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Isaac Organization, a privately held investment company. Mr. Isaac has invested in various companies, both private and public from 1980 to present. Mr. Isaac's specialty is negotiation and problem-solving of complex real estate and business transactions. Mr. Isaac graduated from Ottawa University in 1981, where he majored in Commerce and Business Administration and Economics.
Hefnyc
The Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund (HEF) was established in 2007 by the Harlem Commonwealth Council to provide women and minority entrepreneurs with supportive loan capital up to $250,000 and technical assistance in Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and the Bronx. HEF Small Business Loan: Grow your business with the HEF Small Business Loan. This loan provides low-rate financing up to $250,000. HEF Credit Builder Loan: Increase your credit score by up to 30 points with a HEF Credit Builder Loan. This loan ranges from $500 to $5,000. HEF COVID-19: Small Business Recovery Loan. Gain capital and technical assistance to ensure successful business recovery with the HEF COVID-19 Small Business Recovery loan. This loan provides financing up to $15,000 at a 1% interest rate.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a economic development agency founded in 2011. The firm is a public-private entity that nurtures business growth and job creation in Wisconsin, United States by providing resources, technical support, and financial assistance to companies, their partners and the communities they serve. The organization focuses on economic and community development, entrepreneurship and innovation, business and industry development, international business development, marketing and public affairs and finance and administration. The firm prefers to invest in the energy, power and control, health technology, biosciences, medical devices, manufacturing, food and beverage, water/clean technology, aerospace and information technology sectors.
Worklife
The first VC firm designed for the new era of builders and creators. We’re operators with a deep network of creators, we’re developer evangelists, product designers and engineers. We’re backed by the founders of Cameo, Spotify, Twitch, Zoom and platforms built for builders, creators, and individual contributors. Our advisors include Arianna Huffington, Michael Ovitz, Sophia Amoruso, Eric Yuan and other disruptors across all industries. We help technical teams with the not so technical stuff. You’re never too early. We meet founders early, typically before they leave their last thing. We don’t wait for a lead investor, we introduce you to them. We look for emerging trends. We typically find them on Discord, Reddit, and sometimes Animal Crossing. We create community.
Belle Capital USA
We look for capital efficient companies with a unique product or service filling an urgent market need. We target the digital/mobile/internet (IT), technology-enabled products and services, life sciences/medical devices/health IT (digital health), and cleantech market sectors. Companies seeking our capital must have at least one female founder or C-level exec, and/or be willing to recruit top female talent to the C-suite and Board of Directors. We prefer teams with strong domain expertise and proven commercialization and entrepreneurial experience. We are active investors who believe our human capital is as valuable as our financial capital. We seek bold enterprises that welcome our expertise and insight, and that seek to leverage our leadership and experience.
Baird Capital
Baird Capital is a private equity firm which specializes in venture capital, growth equity, buyout and other equity investments. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Asia with a focus on China and Europe with a focus on the United Kingdom and Germany. It seeks to invest in the healthcare, industry and technology sectors. It operates through six platforms namely: Baird Capital Partners, Baird Venture Partners, Baird Capital Partners Asia, Baird Asia Ltd., Baird Capital Partners Europe, and Granville Baird Capital Partners Germany. The firm being founded on 1989, operates as a subsidiary of Robert W. Baird and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Shanghai' China; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and London, United Kingdom.
f7 Ventures
f7 is a pre-seed/seed fund originally founded as an angel fund by 7 ex-Facebook female leaders and formally launched in early 2019. GPs, Kelly Graziadei and Joanna Lee Shevelenko, have since raised a $50M institutional fund I and have made 32 investments since April 2021. They have a tremendous network and have been investing in founders from high growth tech companies including Okta, LinkedIn, Uber, Facebook, Instagram, Salesforce, Airbnb, Lyft & Apple. Joanna, was one of the first 100 employees at Facebook and built multiple operations and growth teams for 10 years at FB followed by COO roles at series B and C companies. Kelly brings years of experience building GTM teams at the hallmark companies of Web2 including > 7 years from the early days at Facebook.
iFundWomen
Crowdfunding is a low-risk, efficient path to getting a startup, small business, nonprofit, or side hustle off the ground without going into debt or giving up equity. The reason why IFundWomen is fundamentally different from other platforms is because of our proprietary coaching program, The IFundWomen Method, which, when utilized, drives a 27x higher raise than the crowdfunding industry average. Designed with early-stage entrepreneurs in mind, this free e-course will teach you how to use the IFundWomen Method to hone your pitch, map your network, strategically estimate your fundraising goal, market to your target audience, and design rewards that sell. 84% of people who’ve taken this course say they feel “way more confident” to hit their crowdfunding goal.
Mission Ventures (US)
Mr. David Ryan serves as Founding Managing Partner at Mission Ventures. He has venture capital experience focusing on early-stage information technology and service companies. Prior to Mission Ventures, beginning in 1983, he served as General Partner of Copley Venture Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investing in information technology, business services and healthcare. Prior to Copley, Mr. Ryan held positions in strategic planning, business development and plant modernization with Medusa Corp, a Midwest-based manufacturer of industrial materials. He is board member of Nirvanix. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Northeastern University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University.
Visiblehands
Visible Hands is a venture capital firm that funds and empowers exceptional underrepresented founders launching high-growth startups. Our firm’s investment strategy capitalizes on a “talent arbitrage.” We believe capital markets are inefficient: talented founders are sidelined at the earliest stage, where institutional funding opportunities are lacking most for underrepresented founders. We source founders at scale through our proprietary accelerator programs, where we de-risk and add value through intensive portfolio support. At pre-seed, our timing allows us to buy these companies at a discount before product market fit and other metrics are priced in. Visible Hands is sector agnostic. Our top industries are B2B Saas, creator tools, and digital health.
The Explorer Group
The Explorer Group seeks to utilize the concept of “exponential organizations” and provide seed, growth capital and services to businesses with outsized potential in view of maximizing the rate of return to investors. The fund is managed by a Silicon Valley-based CEO, a Bay Area executive search firm partner and benefits from the advisory services of John H.N. Fisher, a founding partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Paul Matteucci, a General Partner at USVP. The investment strategy aims at investing in companies with ultra-large markets, competitive advantage and the potential for growth into billion dollar companies. The fund represents an opportunity to access a top tier deal flow and participate in the world’s most advanced technology projects.