Meet our Entrepreneurs
Collectively, our graduates have…
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you.
Ttell your story online can make all the difference.
Fund Impact Themes
Portfolio companies must meet at least two of our four ESG impact themes, and impact will be scored as part of due diligence reports:
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Increase Democratic Governance
How are many members-owners are brought
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Expand BIPOC Ownership
How many Black, Indigenous, and People of Color brought into ownership?
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Reduce Wealth Inequality
How does cooperative reduce wealth inequality/share dividends?
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Environmental Sustainability
Does this company plan to reduce, impact the climate crisis?
Featured Groups
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The Artisans Cooperative
The Artisans Cooperative is crafting a better handmade marketplace online: a co-op alternative to Etsy. Designed by and for crafters, it will be a trustworthy place to buy authentically handmade goods.
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The Driver's Cooperative
We are a driver-owned ride-sharing cooperative in New York City. Our mission is to end exploitative conditions in the for-hire vehicle industry through system change– putting drivers in the driver’s seat of the platform economy.
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StyleCrush
We’re a diverse group that got together because we love thrifting, but hate the way it’s currently offered online: options that are overwhelming for buyers and rarely profitable for resellers.
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Brave
We envision equitable, thriving, and compassionate communities. A world where everyone, especially those most at risk, has open access to the help they need. Where social isolation and accidental overdose are a thing of the past.
Our Graduates
Group of diverse adults posing outdoors on grass with a building in the background.
A group video call with nine participants in a grid layout, including a few with cameras off displaying names.
Group of people posing in an office setting with plants and desks in the background.
Group video call with fifteen people, each in individual video frames, smiling and engaged.
Online video meeting with multiple participants waving at the camera in a grid layout.
Group of thirteen people, mixed genders, seated and standing, smiling, in casual attire, with a background of pillars and a brick wall.