BII Plays Integrated Capital Card Game at CWE Women of Color Business Summit
We hosted an Integrated Capital Card Game at the Center for Women & Enterprise Women of Color Business Summit! Our CEO, Betty Francisco and Impact Director, Aliana Pineiro got to play alongside amazing entrepreneurs and talk about the different types of capital that can support their businesses.
Building Our Shared Future
On October 18th we hosted our first Community Investor event series, Building Our Shared Future: Why Impact Investing Matters. Through this event […]
BII Plays Integrated Capital Card Game at Entrepreneur Funders Network Convening
We had the honor of leading a Boston Impact Initiative Integrated Capital Card workshop at the 2023 Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN) Convening in Los Angeles, CA.
Introducing our 2023 Emerging Fund Manager Cohort!
This summer (May-August), we hosted our third emerging fund manager cohort program with 13 participants representing eight place-based funds in six cities. […]
Nonprofits as impact investors: Aligning our finances with our mission
In a new op-ed in Boston Business Journal, BII CEO Betty Francisco and Eric Leslie, founder and lead organizer of Union Capital Boston, discuss how investing in an impact fund that is aligned with a nonprofit’s mission, as UCB did with BII, can be a way to enhance its impact while achieving financial returns to support other programs.
Investing in Small, Diverse Businesses Is Good for the Economy
This article by The Good Men Project highlights BII’s Fund II and its impact on women and POC entrepreneurs with insights from […]
‘Brewed in Mass’ highlights Hyde Park’s own Latino-owned brewery
The owners of Roundhead Brewing talk about opening their brewery, building community and making beer with a Peruvian flair. Only a handful […]
BII strengthens Western Mass. presence with new office
“We’re excited to expand our investing activity across Western Massachusetts and support the needs of entrepreneurs of color and social enterprises that are sustaining and growing the local economy,” said Betty Francisco, CEO of BII.
Partnership empowers local businesses of color
Western Mass. media covered the opening of a new BII satellite office in Springfield, hosted by the Latino Economic Development Corporation. CHICOPEE, […]