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Trading at the Bay, April 30, 2025

Trading at the Bay, April 30, 2025

Join us on Wednesday, April 30, at the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, CA, for a day of connection and knowledge sharing. The day includes: ✨ Direct access to capital providers ✨ How to get the right type of funding for your business ✨ Connecting with other Native entrepreneurs over breakfast and lunch (catered by Wahpepah’s Kitchen).

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What is a fund?

What is a fund?

We sat down with our Chief Legal Officer Joe Pileri to learn about fund basics and what a fund is in the context of impact investing and Mission Driven Finance.

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Letters from Lauren: August 2022

Letters from Lauren: August 2022

This quarter marks a huge milestone in Mission Driven Finance’s history—we have now flowed over $50 million in “assets into community” (AIC) across more than 100 loan transactions!

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Letters from Lauren: June/July 2022

Letters from Lauren: June/July 2022

We’re welcoming summer, (safe) gathering, and new fund launches with our partners—and still mourning that the long battles against COVID-19 and systemic bias continue.

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Letters from Lauren: May/June 2022

Letters from Lauren: May/June 2022

Reflecting on Memorial Day and the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, it’s easy to feel like we’re treading water as a society. But we believe in the power of freedom dreams and radical imagination to continue building a future that works for all.

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Food Funded 2022

Food Funded 2022

Food entrepreneurs and investors gathered for educational workshops and live investment presentations to catalyze funding for food ventures at this year’s Food Funded summit. 

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Letters from Lauren: April/May 2022

Letters from Lauren: April/May 2022

Reflecting on Memorial Day and the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, it’s easy to feel like we’re treading water as a society. But we believe in the power of freedom dreams and radical imagination to continue building a future that works for all.

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