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January 27, 2020| Finance
Female entrepreneurs are vital to society, and yet, they receive significantly less start-up capital than male-owned businesses. In the last two years, 50 percent of the Natural Capital Investment Fund’s loans have gone to women borrowers starting natural resource-based businesses and providing vital community services. EcoGroup is one such business, and is the second to be featured in our series on female entrepreneurs.
October 7, 2019| Finance
From the coalfields of Central Appalachia to the coastal plain of the Southeast, communities are struggling to find their footing in the face of major economic upheavals: the shrinking of the coal industry, the decline of rural manufacturing and agricultural mainstays (textiles, furniture and tobacco), and the Great Recession. Since 2001, the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIFund) has provided entrepreneurs in underserved communities with the transformational capital and business assistance they need to thrive.
September 4, 2017| Finance
