Each spring since 2020, Ventures has deployed mini-grants to small businesses for support with start-up, growth, and recovery. The Spring Mini-Grant program started in 2020 as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial Mini-Grant fund was created with...
In 2021, Ventures’ Board of Directors and staff team accomplished a bold task: the development of a Five Year Strategic Framework for the years 2022 – 2026. This marks the first strategic framework to cover such an extensive time duration since Beto Yarce became the...
In honor of Latinx heritage month, Ventures is proud to highlight NALCAB – one of Ventures’ foremost Latinx organizational partners. Based in San Antonio, Texas, NALCAB is a membership organization that strengthens the economy by advancing economic mobility in Latino...
InnoVentures 2021 is almost here! Three months ago, this bracket-style small business pitch competition started with 36 contestants. Only six entrepreneurs remain. On April 29th you can watch as these finalists pitch their business innovations to our judge panel and...
We are devastated by the rise in violence against the Asian American Pacific Islander community (AAPI). The violence that happened in Atlanta, Georgia was horrifying, wrong and unacceptable. Our thoughts go out to the families and friends to those who were lost in...