88 Acres
88 Acres is an artisan food company that produces healthy snacks free of the top eight food allergens.
Meet our Portfolio Companies
Over the last nine years, BII has deployed nearly $11.5 million in 67+ enterprises across its pilot and two integrated capital funds.
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99 Degrees Custom
99 Degrees Custom is an apparel manufacturer in Lawrence, MA. With fast turnaround times and a skilled staff, they aim to produce performance activewear and wearable technology faster than any…
All In Energy
All In Energy is a Boston-based nonprofit organization that seeks to accelerate an inclusive, clean energy economy for underserved communities in Massachusetts. They are also increasing…
AllHere
AllHere, a software startup founded and headquartered in Boston, combats absenteeism in public school districts through technological services. The platform helps educators document absences,…
And Still We Rise
ASWR provides liberation focused therapy services to individuals and communities who, historically, are overlooked or marginalized by the mental health field — women, BIPoC, queer, and trans…
Anyi Institute
Anyi Institute is a training and research institute for movements and organizations in social change that are seeking to bring about a more reciprocal world. They are dedicated to…
Beantown Builders
Beantown Builders is a Brockton-based, Black-owned general contracting firm that specializes in residential remodeling projects in the Greater Boston area. The company works with first-time…
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust (formerly Coalition of Occupied Homes in Foreclosure – COHIF) works to stabilize the Greater Four Corners neighborhood of Dorchester by helping residents…
Boston While Black
Boston While Black is a membership network for Black professionals, entrepreneurs and students – native or new to Boston – who are seeking connection and community. It is designed to provide…
Capital Good Fund
Capital Good Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution that offers small loans and personal financial coaching to low-to-moderate income families. Their loans help people with…
Caraballo Accounting
Caraballo Accounting provides accounting and HR services and training to Latinx small business owners in Eastern MA. Through cultural competence and Spanish-language instruction, they are…
Care Academy
Care Academy provides professional and family caregivers with high-quality online training classes to help deliver the best care to older adults with the support, guidance and compassion needed…
Caribbean Integration Community Development (CICD)
Caribbean Integration Community Development (CICD) is a non-profit housing and community development organization that creates and maintains affordable housing in areas of Boston with large…
Casabe Fruit Store & Delicatessen
Casabe Fruit Store & Delicatessen is a small grocery store in downtown Lawrence. It is owned and operated by two Latinx Lawrence residents with deep connections to the city as activists and…
Chelsea Business Foundation
The Chelsea Business Foundation invests in the development of the business community in Chelsea, MA and fosters increased access to resources for Chelsea’s Latino business community and other…
ChopValue Boston
ChopValue Boston manufactures and sells a variety of commercial and residential wood products made out of previously discarded chopsticks. ChopValue’s business model exemplifies the concept of…
Cooperative Energy Recycling and Organics (CERO)
CERO (Cooperative Energy Recycling and Organics) is a worker-owned cooperative that collects waste from local businesses. CERO’s waste separation systems increase reclamation and sale of clean…
Delectable Desires Pastries
Delectable Desires Pastries provides gourmet home-baked goods from scratch, specializing in event cakes. DDP opened its first retail store in West Roxbury in 2015, followed by a South Station…
Democracy Brewing
Democracy Brewing is a start-up worker-owned brewery and pub committed to providing great beer and hosting community conversations about democratic ideals of liberty, justice and equal…
DoneGood
DoneGood, a certified B Corp, is an app and browser extension that harnesses consumer purchasing as a force for change, helping consumers discover vetted companies with ethical practices across…
Dorchester Food Coop
The Dorchester Community Food Co-op is a community and worker-owned cooperative market that provides economic opportunity and healthy affordable food. The Co-op will provide space for education…
East Boston Neighborhood Trust
East Boston Neighborhood Trust is a real estate project in East Boston, Mass. that created a Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust (MINT) to acquire and manage 114 units of affordable and workforce…
Eastie Farm
Eastie Farm is a community-based nonprofit focused on climate justice, food access, and building-community resilience. They address these issues through creating green spaces throughout East…
EcoAuto
EcoAuto is committed to lowering the high costs associated with purchasing and owning Electric Vehicles (EV) and plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), by carrying a diverse inventory of…
Eduporium
Eduporium is a one-stop, all-inclusive shopping solution for 21st-century schools. They are a distribution source and solution provider for Ed-Tech companies to get vetted instructional tools…
El Planeta
El Planeta is an integrated Latinx news company producing content and events relevant to the Latinx community in Massachusetts and beyond. It reaches more than 200,000 people per week through…
EmVision
EmVision Productions creates video content that helps clients communicate their organization’s social impact. Cofounder Tariana V. Little holds a DrPH from Harvard, focusing on communications and…
EVkids
EVKids is a Boston-based nonprofit that matches area college students with school children to provide them with academic tutoring and mentorship. The organization’s summer camp also provides an…
Five Star Plating
Five Star Plating provides quality metal coating and plating services in Massachusetts. Headquartered in Lawrence, MA, they employ over 47 community members and plan to grow their productive…
florrent
florrent is a deep-tech company innovating to design and build the next generation of high energy density ultracapacitors that will stabilize electrical grids and address critical bottlenecks…
Fresh Food Generation
Fresh Food Generation is a café, food truck and catering business serving on-the-go real foods. The company sources ingredients from local farms and prepares meals inspired by Latin American and…
Futuro Media Group
Futuro Media Group creates multimedia content for and about underrepresented communities in an increasingly diverse world. Founder Maria Hinojosa is an award-winning news anchor and reporter who…
Hillside Harvest
Hillside Harvest is a Caribbean-American natural condiment brand that sells at regional grocery stores, local farmers markets, direct-to-consumer on their website, and even at Fenway Park!…
Innovation Studio
Innovation Studio strives to make innovation possible for anyone with a dream and drive to become an entrepreneur or business owner. They do this through their network of innovation centers…
Kingstown Green Cooperative
Kingstown Green is a small worker-owned manufacturing co-op that produces eco-friendly, handcrafted caskets that are solid wood and biodegradable. Originally established in Illinois, the…
LAZU Group
The LAZU Group is a DEI services firm that offers strategies for product development, marketing, talent recruitment and retention, and community engagement. They use a motivational-based approach…
M.S. Peltier Insurance
M.S. Peltier Insurance is a black-owned business with expertise in the construction, marine, real estate and transportation industries. The company plans to maintain at least 50 percent employees…
Mass. Cooperative Purchasing Alliance
CPA MA is a cooperative of 50+ community institutions pooling buying power to negotiate better rates and terms on services essential to nonprofits with facilities to manage. It is most active…
MathTalk
MathTalk is a community-focused education technology public benefit corporation based in Cambridge, Mass. Using playful installations, technology and books, MathTalk promotes early math and…
Maven Construction
Maven Construction is a woman- and minority-owned general contracting firm that provides construction management services. The Dorchester-based start-up focuses on energy efficiency projects….
Meetcaregivers
Meetcaregivers is a home healthcare business that connects families with pre-screened and qualified caregivers for their aging parents. They work with insurance companies, Medicaid, and other…
MentorWorks
MentorWorks is a platform that helps to originate and facilitate Income Share Agreements (ISAs) in partnership with different universities and technical colleges. It is the first platform to…
Nuevo Día ADHC
Nuevo Día is a Latino- and woman-owned facility that seeks to help low-income seniors and disabled people in Boston remain as independent and as healthy as possible in a culturally competent…
Pristine Engineers
Pristine Engineers provides engineering, design, and construction administration services on HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and renewable energy systems. They design energy-efficient…
Quality Interactions
Quality Interactions is an e-learning platform that provides cultural competency training for healthcare professionals. It helps healthcare providers improve the quality of patient care by…
Renew Energy Partners
Renew Energy Partners is a project development firm that specializes in energy efficiency retrofits in New England. In 2014, BII became an anchor investor in a program that brings efficiency…
Roundhead Brewing
Roundhead Brewing is the first Latinx-owned craft brewery in Massachusetts. The solar-powered brewery will open in 2021 in Hyde Park. The brewery aims to be a community space that will sell a…
Sign Speak
Sign Speak is a technology company seeking to bridge the communication divide for the 48 million Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the US who use American Sign Language.
Solomon Consulting Group
Solomon Group is a data analysis and strategic communications consulting firm. Led by founder Aaron Wright, Solomon Group analyzes data sets – including purchased data sets, open source…
Somerville Community Corporation
Somerville Community Corporation offers services and leads community organizing that support low- and moderate- income residents to increase economic sustainability and civic participation. SCC…
Sunwealth
Sunwealth is a pioneering clean energy investment firm working to unleash the power of commercial solar by delivering meaningful returns and tangible impact. In 2017, the company received…
Sweet Teez Bakery
Sweet Teez Bakery is a nut-free bakery founded by Dorchester native Teresa Thompson Maynard. Growing up with food allergies and now raising kids with food allergies, Teresa realized that just one…
Synergy Contracting
Synergy Contracting is a fully bonded, unionized, women-owned construction company specializing in Environmental Remediation, Demolition, and Cleaning Construction Services based in Lawrence, MA….
Tartts Day Care
Tartts Day Care is family-owned business that provides quality childcare services for children ages two months to five years. Founded by African-American nurse Bessie Tartt Wilson in 1946, the…
The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE)
The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) is a community development loan fund that facilitates socially responsible investing in cooperatives, community-oriented nonprofits, and worker-owned…
The Urban Farming Institute of Boston
The Urban Farming Institute of Boston, located at the historic Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan, provides farmer training, creates green collar jobs and engages urban communities in building…
Thrive!
Thrive! partners with local governments to invest in breaking cycles of poverty so that everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. It uses a proprietary algorithm to conduct “equity audits”…
Transformative Culture Project
Transformative Culture Project is a nonprofit organization that harnesses the economic power of creative arts for youth and community development. TCP focuses on the economic potential of the…
TrillFit
TrillFit is a Black-led, boutique fitness brand enhancing wellness through its inclusive approach to building a gym community. In 2022, BII invested in equity in TrillFit as part of their…
Valley Home Insulation
Valley Home Insulation offers residential insulation and weatherization services in Lawrence and the surrounding Merrimack Valley. Following the 2018 gas explosions, Columbia Gas offered 100%…
Waku
Waku produces and sells horchata lojana, an ancient Andean herbal beverage that promotes a healthy gut. A Latinx-owned business, Waku sources its herbal ingredients from small-scale indigenous…
Wash Cycle Laundry
Wash Cycle Laundry is a commercial laundry service that provides second-chance employment for vulnerable adults in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington DC. The company relies on high-efficiency…
Wellspring Harvest Cooperative
Wellspring Harvest is part of Wellspring Cooperative, a community-based cooperative development organization with a mission to create a network of worker-owned companies in Springfield, MA, that…
WeSpire
WeSpire is an employee engagement platform that supports large organizations to design, deliver and measure the benefits of positive impact programs like sustainability, corporate social…
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