Focus Area: Texas-Based
StartHER Grant
The CWE’s StartHER Grant Program helps Texas-based women business owners—current or aspiring—to undertake new and innovative projects.
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.
Communities Unlimited, Inc.
Communities United unites hope by bridging racial, economic and geographic boundaries in southern communities emerging from generations of persistent poverty.
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.
PeopleFund
PeopleFund provides flexible loans to small businesses, start-ups, and nonprofit organizations across Texas.
LiftFund Inc.
LiftFund was founded to level the financial playing field for the underestimated entrepreneur. LiftFund offers small business loans to entrepreneurs located in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
TruFund Financial Services, Inc.
TruFund provides affordable, responsible financing to small businesses that cannot access financing through traditional sources.
Texas Women Venture Fund
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.
