Founders & Ventures

Southbanc transforms the economic future of low-income neighborhoods by using Opportunity Funds to inject long-term capital into real estate projects and businesses. The “Equity…

Spendrise empowers you to create positive change at all the places you spend money. Spendrise aims to help businesses you love become even better…

Stacie Whisonant has over 10 years of experience in retail, commercial, and mortgage banking and specialty structured financing, working at HSBC and Stone Street…

Tanay Tatum-Edwards is the founder and CEO of FreeCap Financial, Inc. Before FreeCap, she developed a lifelong commitment to using investment strategies to create…

Tony McCright Jr. is a Senior Program Specialist in NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. On the Justice Initiatives Team, he works to…

Uses digital technologies to increase the transparency and reliability of doing business for rural artisans in India. Our technologies reduce transaction costs of transporting,…

Ujamaa Financial is an edtech startup focused on financial literacy for black, brown, and first-generation college students. Their B2B2C marketplace and metaverse-enabled financial literacy…

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Victoria Lamar is an award-winning entrepreneur and scholarship expert dedicated to helping students graduate debt-free. After securing over…

Wacinque A.K. BeMende is the Founder of KaizenRhino.  Wacinque served 40 years in the military, starting with the Marine Corps, and mostly as a…

Wasoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, they fix…

Wellthi understands that banks spend a lot of time and money trying to attract and retain customers from target market segments. They aim to…

ZigWay helps low income families break free of poverty by harnessing the power of technology. Through ZigWay’s mobile application, people can access affordable household…