Impact America Fund

CareAcademy creates online training that empowers senior care professionals to deliver the highest caliber of service and improve the lives of older adults. More than 250,000 direct care workers are learning and growing professionally through CareAcademy. Coupled with its advanced reporting, training, and compliance management dashboard, CareAcademy is an end-to-end, scalable training solution that transforms home care businesses into efficient industry leaders.

MindRight Health's mission is to advance health equity by making mental health care radically accessible and inclusive of communities of color and low-income families. MindRight partners with healthcare payers and providers to offer culturally-responsive mental health coaching over a text message. MindRight's members receive a personal team of coaches who proactively support them 7 days/week, 365 days/year. Through its service, MindRight is creating a continuum of support that does not generally exist for youth. For communities who do not traditionally engage in clinical services due to high stigma and lack of access, MindRight serves as an ongoing source of culturally responsive, nonclinical support. MindRight provides its partners with real-time data on community mental health needs to predict and prevent mental health crises in the communities.

Guardians Collective provides a community platform for parenting. Its platform harnesses the power of dialogue through mobile technology to eliminate early learning gaps and erase institutionalized boundaries, enabling parents and early educators to collaborate, connect and support each other.

SMBX is a FINRA-registered funding portal and public marketplace for issuing and buying U.S. small business bonds. Its focus is on small business debt, specifically the SBA loan market. SMBX helps high-quality businesses raise money by issuing bonds to people instead of taking out a loan. The company also operates the first small business capital marketplace where small business bonds are issued and sold to investors for a rate of return. SMBX was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Labz is a custom event platform focused on the creative needs of the immersive marketing and advertising industry. The Labz provides a drag and drop suite of tools that allows users to form curated conversations and experiences around content and products. With a subscription to the Labz software suite, marketers can uniquely present content by mixing-&-matching media, guest activities, communication channels, games, and interactive VR/360.

Esusu is a financial technology platform that leverages data solutions to help residents and improve property performance. Esusu was created on the premise that no matter where you come from, the color of your skin, and your financial identity should never determine where you end up in life. This allows renters to build and establish their credit scores while helping property owners mitigate against initiating evictions, powered by differentiated data and insights. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, United States.

CareCar is a healthcare service and technology platform that connects payers, caregivers, and members. The company provides benefits management to health plan members focusing on in-home care and non-emergent medical transport benefits. CareCar was founded in September 2017 by Joshua Itano and is based in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Upswing provides colleges and universities with an integrated student services platform to increase student retention. Colleges are able to integrate their various student support operations in a virtual environment to allow students to easily find and meet with staff in support functions like advising, counseling, student success coaching, and tutoring. Additionally, Upswing's virtual assistant connects students via SMS to college reminders and information. By streamlining student services, college administrators are able to manage support staff in a single location, oversee communication with students, and access streamlined reporting and insights.

SoLo is a financial service provider enabling a marketplace where members can request and fund emergency needs. SoLo launched in 2018 with the goal of providing a lending alternative that was equitable, empowering, and community-driven. Since then, we’ve processed millions of transactions and redefined financial services for our community members. Today, we’re driven to new heights launching banking, credit building and premium member services, but grounded in the same hope and mission: to build a community that enables financial autonomy for all.

Flockjay connects startups with sales professionals and educates job seekers through remote learning. Flockjay provides training and support for in-demand tech jobs and provides final round interviews for high-paying jobs at top companies. The company's mission is to make tech accessible for people from underrepresented communities.

DuckDuckGo is an independent Internet privacy company for everyone who's had enough of hidden online tracking and wants to take back their privacy now. Founded in 2008 as a privacy protecting alternative to Google Search, today DuckDuckGo has more than 100 million users worldwide and provides users with an all-in-one privacy solution through the DuckDuckGo web browser, available on mobile and desktop devices. Unlike most popular browsers, DuckDuckGo has powerful privacy protections built in, including our search engine that doesn’t spy on your searches and over a dozen other privacy protections active by default.

Esusu is a financial technology platform that leverages data solutions to help residents and improve property performance. Esusu was created on the premise that no matter where you come from, the color of your skin, and your financial identity should never determine where you end up in life. This allows renters to build and establish their credit scores while helping property owners mitigate against initiating evictions, powered by differentiated data and insights. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, United States.

MindRight Health's mission is to advance health equity by making mental health care radically accessible and inclusive of communities of color and low-income families. MindRight partners with healthcare payers and providers to offer culturally-responsive mental health coaching over a text message. MindRight's members receive a personal team of coaches who proactively support them 7 days/week, 365 days/year. Through its service, MindRight is creating a continuum of support that does not generally exist for youth. For communities who do not traditionally engage in clinical services due to high stigma and lack of access, MindRight serves as an ongoing source of culturally responsive, nonclinical support. MindRight provides its partners with real-time data on community mental health needs to predict and prevent mental health crises in the communities.

SMBX is a FINRA-registered funding portal and public marketplace for issuing and buying U.S. small business bonds. Its focus is on small business debt, specifically the SBA loan market. SMBX helps high-quality businesses raise money by issuing bonds to people instead of taking out a loan. The company also operates the first small business capital marketplace where small business bonds are issued and sold to investors for a rate of return. SMBX was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CareAcademy creates online training that empowers senior care professionals to deliver the highest caliber of service and improve the lives of older adults. More than 250,000 direct care workers are learning and growing professionally through CareAcademy. Coupled with its advanced reporting, training, and compliance management dashboard, CareAcademy is an end-to-end, scalable training solution that transforms home care businesses into efficient industry leaders.

Winnie is a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed by a trusted community of parents and providers. Parents use Winnie to discover high-quality local daycares and preschools and learn all about their programs including detailed descriptions, photos, tuition information, licensing status, availability data, and more. Child care providers use Winnie to fill their open spaces, build their wait lists, and get support and resources to run their business efficiently. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

SoLo is a financial service provider enabling a marketplace where members can request and fund emergency needs. SoLo launched in 2018 with the goal of providing a lending alternative that was equitable, empowering, and community-driven. Since then, we’ve processed millions of transactions and redefined financial services for our community members. Today, we’re driven to new heights launching banking, credit building and premium member services, but grounded in the same hope and mission: to build a community that enables financial autonomy for all.

Upswing provides colleges and universities with an integrated student services platform to increase student retention. Colleges are able to integrate their various student support operations in a virtual environment to allow students to easily find and meet with staff in support functions like advising, counseling, student success coaching, and tutoring. Additionally, Upswing's virtual assistant connects students via SMS to college reminders and information. By streamlining student services, college administrators are able to manage support staff in a single location, oversee communication with students, and access streamlined reporting and insights.

Mayvenn enables stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory. At Mayvenn, they are creating the future of salon retail - one hairstylist at a time. Their mission is to empower hairstylists and salon professionals while changing the way people purchase hair extensions and interact with hair companies. They've experienced tremendous growth since their founding in 2013. Their platform has grown into a nationwide movement of over 50,000+ stylists, hundreds of thousands of customers, and millions of dollars invested back into salons across the country.

ConnXus supplier management solutions simplify the complexities of global supply chains and allow buyers to achieve their goals of responsible and sustainable sourcing. ConnXus is a NMSDC, CPUC, CAMSC and State of Ohio-certified minority-owned business enterprise based in Mason, Ohio with local, regional and international capabilities.

PawnGuru has set out to revolutionize the way 30 million US consumers interact with the growing pawnshop industry. By creating a harmonious marketplace for consumers and local shops to interact, PawnGuru aims to bring the 10+ billion dollar pawnshop industry online.

Mayvenn enables stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory. At Mayvenn, they are creating the future of salon retail - one hairstylist at a time. Their mission is to empower hairstylists and salon professionals while changing the way people purchase hair extensions and interact with hair companies. They've experienced tremendous growth since their founding in 2013. Their platform has grown into a nationwide movement of over 50,000+ stylists, hundreds of thousands of customers, and millions of dollars invested back into salons across the country.

Camino Financial is an AI-powered community lending platform that offers affordable credit and wealth building solutions to overlooked entrepreneurs. The company builds proprietary credit assessment and data aggregation AI to identify, price and provide affordable loans tailored to credit-invisible, cash-heavy businesses. By partnering with other financial institutions, public agencies and mission-aligned companies, Camino Financial is able to pool and distribute low-cost funding and educational resources to entrepreneurs. The winning combination of community-driven partnerships and AI technology results in offering loans with monthly payments 40% lower than alternative products in the market. All loans are tailored for upward mobility, setting entrepreneurs on a graduation path to an expanded suite of credit and other wealth building solutions. Camino Financial is a nationally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with oversight by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Since inception, the company has funded over $140,000,000 across the United States, netting above $95,000,000 in incremental revenues and fees saved among its members. Camino Financial is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with supporting offices in Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Colombia.

ConnXus supplier management solutions simplify the complexities of global supply chains and allow buyers to achieve their goals of responsible and sustainable sourcing. ConnXus is a NMSDC, CPUC, CAMSC and State of Ohio-certified minority-owned business enterprise based in Mason, Ohio with local, regional and international capabilities.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, HandUp aims to partner with non-profit human services organizations to raise money online. These organizations can fundraise for things like special programs, client needs, and program and operational expenses. With HandUp, users can donate to a specific person via their web profile or SMS, learn about their story and needs, and hear updates on their progress. Fulfillment partners and retailers on the ground ensure members use donations on basics like food, clothing, and housing. The company was founded in June 2013.

ConnXus supplier management solutions simplify the complexities of global supply chains and allow buyers to achieve their goals of responsible and sustainable sourcing. ConnXus is a NMSDC, CPUC, CAMSC and State of Ohio-certified minority-owned business enterprise based in Mason, Ohio with local, regional and international capabilities.

PawnGuru has set out to revolutionize the way 30 million US consumers interact with the growing pawnshop industry. By creating a harmonious marketplace for consumers and local shops to interact, PawnGuru aims to bring the 10+ billion dollar pawnshop industry online.