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Investors in underserved communities rarely share the demographic background of residents
“Typically the people who have been investing in those communities don't look like the people in those communities.”
Billion-dollar market opportunities exist in underserved communities
“We believe that there are billion dollar market opportunities in underserved communities.”
Impact America Fund portfolio founders do not attend impact investing conferences
“They're not in our impact investment networks. They're not at the impact investing conferences. The entrepreneurs that we've invested in understood a pain point based on their own experiences, and we're building great, solid companies around that pain point, a…”
90% of entrepreneurs of color build solutions for underserved community pain points
“Nine times out of 10, if I met an entrepreneur of color, they were addressing a pain point in an underserved community”
Over 91% of impact investing capital goes to later-stage companies
“Over 91% of that capital was invested into later stage companies.”
Madam C.J. Walker's business model would qualify as impact investing today
“If Madam C.J. Walker was an entrepreneur today starting her business, for us, that would be an impact investment given that she's empowering these women, she's created this national network, She's providing them an opportunity to generate income.”