Focus Area: POC Founders

August 9, 2022

Community Investment Management

Community Investment Management (CIM) is an institutional impact investment manager that provides strategic debt capital to demonstrate and scale responsible innovation in lending for underserved communities.

Rev1 Ventures

At Rev1, 38 percent of the startups we’ve funded this year are founded or led by a woman, minority or veteran.

Force For Good Fund

The Force for Good Fund invests in women and people of color-owned,“Best for the World” B Corporations (i.e., companies that score in the top 10% of B Corps worldwide).

Solidarity Microfinance

Solidarity Microfinance is a nonprofit program of Iowa Community Capital to create economic opportunities through small business loans, training and support, and savings services.

March 21, 2022

Texas Mezzanine Fund, Inc.

TMF focuses on emerging businesses that have sound management, the potential for growth, a clear strategy for being profitable, and that demonstrate an ability to repay the loan.

January 25, 2022

Camelback Ventures

In education and conscious tech, we support early stage, startup organizations (nonprofits, hybrids, for-profits) with an investment of $40,000 in each venture.

PS27 Rhea Fund

The PS27 Rhea Fund is a $20 million venture capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies. Rhea Fund also has an interest in founders who are women, veterans, and people of color.

Reach Capital

Founded in 2015, Reach Capital is a thesis-driven, sector-focused, early-stage edtech investor.

Impact America Fund

There is a future where people of color experience true agency and participation in the American economy. To build that future, we are investing in exceptional founders whose businesses create new frameworks of ownership and opportunity, and generate meaningful returns.

Let’s Start Up

Janine Sickmeyer is the founder of a legal tech SaaS product. Now she angel invests in startups with founders she believes had a similar experience to her—people who are overlooked and underfunded, who might be in an unsexy market but know the market well, and build products to make someone’s life easier.

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