Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD

Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD

Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD

Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD Minority GP Initiative - Target raise $1 Billion USD
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Minority controlled Fund Management and Entrepreneurship

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Investing in minority controlled  fund managers and minority start up or growth business entrepreneurs!

email @ julian@minoritygp.com

Minority controlled Fund Management and Entrepreneurship

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Investing in minority controlled  fund managers and minority start up or growth business entrepreneurs!

email @ julian@minoritygp.com

what is the billion dollar "minority GP" initiative?

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Supporting Minority GPs raise $1 Billion

$1 Billion USD target by 2022 for Minority Managed Funds - Committed to Equality and Venture Capital diversity

Invest entire $1 Billion in Minority controlled start up and growth businesses

  • Supporting minority GP's (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Indians and Asians) with increasing their exposure and access to raising capital.
  • Impact investing needs to start with widening the net of minority and women controlled fund managers, who in turn have a unique perspective and lense on investing in minority controlled entrepreneur

  • Supporting minority GP's (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Indians and Asians) with increasing their exposure and access to raising capital.
  • Impact investing needs to start with widening the net of minority and women controlled fund managers, who in turn have a unique perspective and lense on investing in minority controlled entrepreneurs.
  • With their fiduciary responsibilities in check, together we can increase the access to risk capital for minority controlled businesses (debt or equity).
  • Become a leading pillar in impact investing and equality in the Venture Capital space through advocacy and awareness campaigns for minority VC's. 
  • Women make up 2.6% of fund managers, and 2.2% of VC dollars go to women entrepreneurs.
  • Minority statistics are even more dire, of the $85 Billion in VC in 2018, under 1.1% is controlled by minority fund managers. And worse still less than .5% of VC dollars are going to minority entrepreneurs even though they support over 4 million jobs.

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Invest entire $1 Billion in Minority controlled start up and growth businesses

$1 Billion USD target by 2022 for Minority Managed Funds - Committed to Equality and Venture Capital diversity

Invest entire $1 Billion in Minority controlled start up and growth businesses

  • Unique focus on supporting minority controlled businesses and entrepreneurs increase their access to risk capital.
  • The Association for Enterprise Opportunity have found that African-American women are 300% more likely to launch a new business than a white person, and Latinas are 180% more likely – but both groups are also 5-times more like

  • Unique focus on supporting minority controlled businesses and entrepreneurs increase their access to risk capital.
  • The Association for Enterprise Opportunity have found that African-American women are 300% more likely to launch a new business than a white person, and Latinas are 180% more likely – but both groups are also 5-times more likely to be denied the funding they need
  • All levels of financing for start ups, and growth firms. Support minority operating businesses in understanding different VC financing options. 
  • Minority businesses make up almost 15 percent of the 28 million small businesses and employ 5.9 million workers in the United States.
  • Minority-owned businesses account for close to $600 billion in revenues annually.
  • According to the Small Business Administration, the rate of minority-owned business was 14.6% in 2012 compared with 11.5% in 2007.
  • According to the Federal Reserve, minority business owners pay interest rates on average 32 percent higher than what their white counterparts pay.
  • Often these businesses are located in economically depressed areas of the US.  With potential to leverage Opportunity Zone incentives going forward (if a qualified investment)

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$1 Billion USD target by 2022 for Minority Managed Funds - Committed to Equality and Venture Capital diversity

$1 Billion USD target by 2022 for Minority Managed Funds - Committed to Equality and Venture Capital diversity

$1 Billion USD target by 2022 for Minority Managed Funds - Committed to Equality and Venture Capital diversity

  1.  Goal of the initiative is to raise awareness and to drive LP's to invest in minority controlled GP's. (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Indians and Asians) within the US.
  2. Target of the initiatives is $1 Billion by 2022 for forward investing in minority owned operating businesses.
  3.  In 2016, the Center for Global Policy Solutions reported 

  1.  Goal of the initiative is to raise awareness and to drive LP's to invest in minority controlled GP's. (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Indians and Asians) within the US.
  2. Target of the initiatives is $1 Billion by 2022 for forward investing in minority owned operating businesses.
  3.  In 2016, the Center for Global Policy Solutions reported that due to discriminatory financing practices, America is losing out on over 1.1 million minority-owned businesses, and as a result, foregoing over 9 million potential jobs and $300 billion in collective national income.  Less than 1% of American venture capital-backed founders are black and the percentage of Black's in decision making roles within Venture Capital isn't much better.
  4. Working with LP's who have an ESG, SDG and Impact Investing mandate and focus to drive equality, job creation and prosperity.
  5. Manage a $100M Fund of Fund, that invests in emerging and experienced minority fund managers in Low Income Communities.

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Fund Managers (GP's)

Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

For minority managed funds. Targeting investments in operating businesses in  Low Income Communities and Opportunity Zones.

  • Debt Funds
  • Venture Funds
  • Fund of Funds
  • Royalty Funds

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Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

Minority entrepreneurs and SME's seeking growth capital. 

Targeting  growth stage companies that create quality jobs, dedicated to workforce development best practices and operate in low income communities that lack access to risk capital.

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The $1B Target by 2022

Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage SME's

The $1B Target by 2022

Why a target and what does the target mean?

  • Drive more LP dollars to minority asset managers and GP's.
  • Invest in GP's, that in turn invest in minority owned and operated businesses.
  • Target low income communities  that lack access to risk capital.
  • Support the eco-system of minority GP's .
  • Fund of Fund structures that leverage investment dollars in low income communities.

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Our Team

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Julian Wood - Founder

 Julian has a distinguished 25-year investment professional track record across five continents and in 20 developed and emerging markets. He has led in all aspects of capital raising, deal flow, due diligence, fund construction/management and strategy development and has advised and supported investments over $200m in growth stage companies. 


Julian has a unique and diverse background gained in investment banking, airline, financial services and hospitality industries. Established networks with leading Foundations, Family offices, Institutional Investors and DFI's having supported and raised over $300m. 


He has worked and co managed loan funds, direct investment VC funds, and Fund of Funds. His work with Fund of Fund structures has leveraged over $1B USD in VC capital supporting entrepreneurs and growth stage SME's in low income communities.


He has been a pioneer and a thought leader in impact, ESG and SDG investing and innovative business and customer service models, catalyzing long-term economic growth, job creation and entrepreneurship. 

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Investment Zones

  • Seasoned Investment fund manager with over 25 years experience
  • Experience investing in Emerging, Frontier and Low income communities

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Indicators and Impact Measuring

Diversity and impact investor measurement experts

DISCLAIMER

 The Minority GP  "MGP" is an initiative to raise the awareness of, and drive more support to, minority GP's . MGP is a networking group and aims to become a Fund of Funds, that invests in minority GPs', who in-turn, invest in minority entrepreneurs and growth stage companies. MGP is not a broker or an investment advisor.

One of our aims is to facilitate and support more LP's to invest in minority asset managers throughout the US, particularly in low income communities. 

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