Entrepreneurship
Dealflow | November 25, 2020
ZenBusiness raises $55 million to help micro-entrepreneurs grow their businesses
ImpactAlpha, November 25 — The economic shock of the COVID pandemic has devastated small businesses – and driven many others to open one …
Dealflow | November 25, 2020
Steve Case’s Revolution is raising a fourth growth fund for entrepreneurs between the coasts
ImpactAlpha, November 25 — Nearly 75% of all venture capital investment goes to California, New York and Massachusetts. Revolution intentionally invests in entrepreneurs …
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Dealflow | November 12, 2020
Chicago’s mHUB raises $5 million to build an inclusive ‘hardtech’ ecosystem
ImpactAlpha, November 12 – Early-stage hardware companies get only a small slice of the venture capital pie—roughly $1 for every $15 software and …
Creative Economy | November 3, 2020
Equity crowdfunding grows up with new $5 million limit on ‘Reg CF’ offerings
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – Businesses from microbreweries to football clubs to electric vehicle makers and ‘mom & pop’ shops have made use of …
Entrepreneurship | November 2, 2020
How creative financing structures can help companies preserve jobs and weather the pandemic
Flexible investment structures that prioritize employees and customers alongside entrepreneurs and investors are proving useful in helping companies preserve good jobs through the …
Dealflow | October 29, 2020
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation launches $80 million fund for early-stage social entrepreneurs
ImpactAlpha, October 29 – California-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation has launched an $80 million fund to make flexible equity and debt investments and …
Dealflow | October 29, 2020
New and under-represented fund managers get a $50 million boost from Paypal
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 28 – The online payments company is injecting $50 million into eight early-stage venture funds run by Black and Latino managers to …
Catalytic Capital | October 28, 2020
LISC bets on Fearless Fund with $750,000 investment in first-time fund managers
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 27 – One of the best ways to get more capital to entrepreneurs of color is to have more venture funds …
Dealflow | October 27, 2020
Dukaan raises $6 million to help India’s small merchants launch mobile shops
ImpactAlpha, October 26 – Tech solutions that help small businesses make the transition to e-commerce and online sales are booming in the COVID …
Entrepreneurship | October 20, 2020
When founders of color prosper, so will entrepreneurship in the post-COVID economy
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 20 – Investors and advocates are increasing their focus on Black and Brown-owned businesses, which even before COVID struggled to access …
Entrepreneurship | October 20, 2020
To restart the economy, Congress must make entrepreneurship a national priority.
We’re in an entrepreneurship downswing. Congress needs to act. Lil Roberts is the CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based fintech startup Xendoo, an online bookkeeping …
Entrepreneurship | October 20, 2020
Three acts of Congress that can revive entrepreneurship in America
We’re in an entrepreneurship downswing. Congress needs to act. Lil Roberts is the CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based fintech startup Xendoo, an online bookkeeping …
Entrepreneurship | October 20, 2020
Path to 15|55 has $100 million in commitments to grow Black businesses
Business ownership and entrepreneurship are some of the best tools we have to grow the wealth of Black communities. “The median net worth …
Entrepreneurship | October 20, 2020
How corporations can make good on their racial equity pledges
Netflix and Goldman Sachs are in vastly different businesses, but in formulating their responses to the racial crisis facing America, these corporations came …
Dealflow | October 20, 2020
Impact Engine steps into private equity with $31 million growth fund
ImpactAlpha, October 20 – Early-stage fundraising is difficult. Finding mission-aligned growth capital can be just as hard. Most of the few impact-oriented private …