Focus Area: Black Founders
Black Business Boost
This unique initiative will provide 100 Black business owners and entrepreneurs in the greater Milwaukee area with access to key supportive services to start, strengthen or expand their business ventures.
Southern California Job Creators Quest Grant
Founders First is committed to increasing the number of diverse founder-led businesses generating over $1 million dollars in revenues and creating premium wage jobs.
Seae Ventures
At Seae, we don’t look, sound, or act like a “traditional” venture firm. We’re passionately committed to the idea that diverse teams can drive premium returns through innovative solutions.
Palm Beach County Black Business Investment Corporation
The PBCBBIC’s main objective is to ensure that Black-owned and controlled businesses have the opportunity to obtain financing and other resources to compete in the marketplace and foster increased employment and social stability within the Black community.
Black Ambition
We invest capital and resources in high-growth startups founded by Black and Latinx entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurs historically left out of traditional investment funnels are building the companies of tomorrow.
Oakland Black Business Fund
Oakland Black Business Fund is a Black-led grantmaking program, providing capital, technical assistance, and growth strategy to Black businesses in Oakland, California.
Genius Guild
Genius Guild is on a mission to make sure businesses and ideas rooted in Black excellence and success are funded. We are kicking the old way of doing venture capital to the curb—one genius at a time.
Opportunity Fund
Launched in June 2020, the SB Opportunity Fund invests in U.S. companies led by founders and entrepreneurs of color at the seed, venture, and growth stages that use technology to reimagine traditional business models and create new ones.
Elevate Together
Elevate Together is a nonprofit initiative designed to address systemic discrimination and historical racial disparities in business growth and profitability in Black and Hispanic communities.
The Minority Entrepreneurship Institute
The Minority Entrepreneurship Institute is a seed-stage impact investing fund that hosts annual pitch competitions for Black, Latinx, and female founders.
