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A new partnership between Capital One Bank, the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) and Kiva.org will provide small business owners in the Washington D.C. region access to funds using Kiva’s crowd-funded micro-loan program.Using Kiva City D.C., a new online portal sponsored by Capital One Bank, D.C.-area small businesses can access Kiva’s g...

Oakland based investment fund Kapor Capital is sponsoring ten scholarships for women of color who are otherwise financially unable to attend Women 2.0’s annual conference on February 14th. Kapor has previously provided scholarships to women of color for other events such as PITCH NYC.Kapor Capital is an investment fund based in Oakland that...

A new program set up by Bethel New Life church and The PrivateBank looks to assist entrepreneurs on Chicago’s West Side with intensive training and access to funds.30 entrepreneurs from the neighborhoods served by the Bethel New Life Church have been selected for a one-year training program. Participants will attend 15 weekly classes to develop a...

The size of your advertising spend has little to do with your success. In fact, sometimes too much cash can be a very bad thing.At this point, why would anyone other than a professional political operative or hard-core fan still want to talk about the 2012 U.S. presidential election? If you're an entrepreneur, it might be because there was an...

Financing is often a barrier to potential veteran business owners and now there is a loan fund that could help them overcome it.The Veterans Business Fund is a New York-based nonprofit organization that provides the supplemental capital needed to satisfy the equity requirements for obtaining a small business loan. The VBF provides capital to...

The Homewood section of Pittsburgh is a predominantly African-American community that has a lower income per capita than both the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania average. It’s estimated that half the community is not employed and more than one in three people are living in poverty.  In an attempt to revitalize the neighborhood, Urban Innovation21  a...

To help small businesses in the Baltimore area, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is launching a micro-loan fund to assist owners in hiring and stabilizing their businesses. The program, named BaltimoreMICRO, will enable small businesses with under $1 million in annual revenue to apply for loans that range in amounts from $5,000 to $30,000. To be...

The Bank of the West awarded $210,000 in cash grants during its third annual philanthropy award program that took place in San Francisco on November 13.BlackGirlsCode, a nonprofit devoted to promoting young women of color in the technology industry was recognized as one of three winning laureates and received a $50,000 grant.BlackGirlsCode reaches...

The SBA, Bank of America, Fortune and the Initiative for A Competitive Inner City are co-sponsoring the Inner City Capital Connections program, which educates investment-read urban companies about sources of capital and potential investors. This initiative is targeting inner-city entrepreneurs in an attempt to connect more young businesses to...