Tagged: minorities

December 21, 2020 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  MAXEX, a U.S.-based digital mortgage exchange, announced on Monday the launch of the first two programs in its new Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) business line. According to MAXEX, the initial programs are designed to support the growth of minority, women, and veteran-owned… Read More

May 16, 2017 @ 12:35 pm By Catherine Yushina  |  

    The new crowdfunding rules – Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) – are celebrating 1 year anniversary of being in force on May 16th. The new rules open new opportunities for both sides. Business owners have an alternative to funding their companies from a bigger… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 1:28 pm By Sherwood Neiss  |  

  Regulation Crowdfunding finished its fourth Calendar Quarter this past March and the data shows that women and minorities have a higher percent chance at hitting their minimum funding target but represent fewer campaigns and receive less capital. While the overall market is beginning to… Read More

June 17, 2016 @ 4:57 pm By Bret Conkin  |  

As I wrote last week, Yemani Mason is the founder and CEO of a new real estate crowdfunding platform called VestMunity. He is an innovator offering a hub for regular folks to access investment opportunities previously out of reach, in this case, the rehabilitation and… Read More

June 11, 2016 @ 9:14 am By Bret Conkin  |  

Innovative approach recognized with award from Citi and Village Capital Yemani Mason identified an accessibility problem related to real estate.  Real estate investing to build wealth has not been accessible to many Americans.  They lack the networks and required capital to participate.  So he launched… Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Women & Minorites Traditionally Shunned by Private Capital Markets See Huge Potential for Investment Crowdfunding and Access to Capital. Crowdfund Capital Advisors has published a report to highlight crowdfund investing as a powerful new tool to fuel the underserved women and minority markets.  The document… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rodney Sampson is a serial entrepreneur, investor and bishop from Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an author, having recently penned and released Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In tandem with the release of the… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 3:36 am By Washington Post  |  

The growing popularity of crowdfunding has created a new fundraising mechanism for women and minority entrepreneurs, groups that have at times felt ostracized by the more traditional ways of raising money to start or grow a business. Several initiatives are taking shape here in Washington…. Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Salim Mhunzi  |  

  Almost five years past the Wall Street melee and the banks have largely positioned back into a steady recovery. Within the last two years, banks have had consistent profitable net returns with a market that is outperforming expectations. Though Wall Street has positioned back… Read More

November 17, 2012 @ 3:15 pm By William Michael Cunningham  |  

On November 15th, the SEC held a Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The first thing to notice about this lineup is that it includes no African Americans. None. I think this is reflective of the Agency’s stance in a number of ways. We have written… Read More