"We've found that entrepreneurs from overlooked communities combine a deep understanding of the problems they are solving, how to build and scale a business around them, and a profound, personal sense of impact. There’s no shortage of bold ideas and investible businesses coming from these communities. The shortage is of investors with the cultural fluency to find and fuel these opportunities.”

— Kesha Cash, Founder & General Partner in Tideline’s The Alpha In Impact

CareAcademy provides home-care agencies with the training, compliance, and administrative tools they need to support and retain caregivers, most of whom are low-income women of color. Their software is used by 2,500 employers and has served nearly 800,000 caregivers across the U.S.

SoLo Funds is a mobile peer-to-peer lending platform where borrowers and lenders can directly make and manage small-dollar loan requests. Loans average less than $500 and are funded in under 10 mins. This inclusive financial services platform has seen 2M unique downloads and nearly $1B in transaction volume.

Twentyeight Health is a digital-first women's healthcare platform making reproductive and sexual healthcare affordable, convenient, and empowering for 100,000+ users in 43 states and counting. The company accepts almost every commercial insurance and Medicaid plan, offering a reliable additional option to traditional care almost anyone can access.

“The IAF team is increasing incomes and mobility for workers in communities of color while challenging biases around risk and return.”

– Cynthia Muller, director of mission investment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

We come from everywhere. From the US and abroad. From academia and Wall Street. From big corporations and Silicon Valley startups. We all have deep, personal ties to the communities we invest in and believe in a shared set of values for our work.

If you’re a startup raising a Seed, Series A, or Series B round—or bridge capital to help take you from one to the next—we use a simple form to start the conversation. If you’re interested in investing with Impact America or otherwise joining us in this work, write to us.