If you’re a woman business owner—whether you’re a startup or a long-time entrepreneur—you know that getting the money you need to operate and grow your business is critical to success. That’s why Bank of America and Seneca Women created this Access to Capital Directory. It puts at your fingertips hundreds of organizations providing funding for women-owned businesses across the U.S.
A good place to start is to learn how to use this Directory and to learn more about the types of capital included by visiting the About page. You can also start your search using the Search Tool below.
A new way to connect to capital and coaching for your business
Bank of America has launched the Access to Capital Connector, an online platform designed to help small businesses by linking them directly to local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) for capital, coaching and support. The Connector was created in partnership with the Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF), a national nonprofit CDFI.
Featured Sources of Capital
Accessity
CDFI
Later Stage, Seed • $100,000
Accessity's mission is to open doors of financial opportunity for entrepreneurs, particularly people of color, women, and immigrants. By providing educational support and term loans from $300 to $100,000, it helps entrepreneurs start or grow their small businesses.
Broadway Angels
Angel
Angel
Broadway Angels is an angel investment group made up of world-class investors and business executives who all happen to be women.
Pursuit Lending (formerly New York Business Development Corporation)
CDFI
$5,500,000
No matter what goal your business is working toward, without cash on hand you’ll need a loan to give you a boost. Access funding for a wide variety of business needs with Pursuit’s small business loans.
January Ventures
Venture Capital
Early Stage, Pre-Seed, Seed • $500,000
January Ventures invests early and opens doors for the founders of the future. We believe the founders of the next decade will look fundamentally different: more female, more diverse and more distributed.
Masters Fund
Venture Capital
Early Stage, Growth Stage • $500,000
We are women who have invested in tech startups for 10+ years, with 4 exits and $475 million in generated revenue.
Impact Engine
Equity, Venture Capital
Early Stage, Growth Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A • $10,000,000
We invest in business models that align financial and social or environmental impact returns such that there is minimal or no tradeoff between the two.
News
A venture fund for women’s heart health gets a $15 million infusion
Go Red for Women, from the American Heart Association, invests in companies targeting women’s cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological conditions.
68 grants, loans and programs to benefit your small business
The US Chamber’s latest round-up of national, state and local opportunities for entrepreneurs to acquire funding.
Two longtime women friends launch a fund to target complex diseases
The founders of Legacy Venture Capital plan to disrupt healthcare by investing in early-stage life science companies, says Forbes.
Resources
CDFI Ambassadors
Get Help Navigating the World of CDFIs
CDFIs are financial institutions that have a primary mission of community development and provide credit and financial services to underserved populations. Bank of America’s CDFI Ambassadors help cultivate partnerships and educate borrowers.
Business Education
Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell
An unparalleled opportunity for women to earn a certificate in business from this Ivy League university, through a free online program made possible by Bank of America.
Small Business Lessons
Bank of America’s Business Education Center for Entrepreneurs
Find webinars for small businesses, on topics including accessing capital, building business credit and much more.