Focus Area: Black Women Founders
Fearless Strivers Grant 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.
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.
DreamSpring (formerly Accion)
At DreamSpring, we believe human potential is unleashed when all people have the opportunity to shape their own future. We offer small business loans and lines of credit across the US, including: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Black Girl Ventures
Black Girl Ventures Foundation (BGV) is a 501(c) non-profit organization that focuses on Black and Brown women-identifying founders. They started with rent-party styled pitch competitions and have grown to include a community at BGVConnect.com and a Facebook group. BGV mission is to provide Black and Brown women-identifying founders with access to community, capital, and capacity building.
fundBLACKwomen
A socially conscious crowdfunding platform for early stage Black women founders