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Lancaster-based Fulton Bank, a Fulton Financial Corp. subsidiary, has invested $1 million in Innovate Capital Growth Fund, a Small Business Investment Company focused on providing equity investments in women- and minority-owned lower middle market firms in the Mid-Atlantic region.


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Della Clark, president at The Enterprise Center and partner at Innovate Capital Growth Fund
Della Clark, president at The Enterprise Center and partner at Innovate Capital Growth Fund

The Enterprise Center (TEC) is blazing a trail with its $50 million Innovative Capital Growth Fund, demonstrating how private sector investment can be leveraged through the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Invest Companies (SBIC) program to increase private-equity investment in...

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Della Clark, Isabel Guzman, SBA personnel & entrepreneurs

On January 26,  U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman, and Steve Dixel, District Director of the SBA's Eastern Pennsylvania District, joined us for our CEO to CEO roundtable, where CEOs of color heard directly from Admin. Guzman about how the Biden-Harris administration is working to address capital and contracting barriers for diverse businesses.

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Della Clark & Curtis J. Myers

PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fulton Bank, a subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT), has invested $1 million in Innovate Capital Growth Fund, L.P., which provides capital and operational expertise to enable minority- and women-owned businesses to grow.


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Fulton bank HQ

Fulton Bank has put $1 million into a fund that helps businesses owned by women and minorities.


Innovate Capital Growth Fund L.P. provides capital and expertise to qualifying businesses that have annual revenue of about $2 million to $10 million, according to a statement from Fulton Financial Corp...

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philly tribune article

The Enterprise Center was included in The Philadelphia Tribune's end-of-year Top 10 Local Business Stories list.

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Philadelphia skyline

The Philadelphia Tribune and Independence Blue Cross’ Our Community. Our Health. campaign focuses on providing information and resources to the African American community about the major conditions that diminish health and quality of life – like heart disease, diabetes, and COVID-19. New campaign...

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52nd St. El Platform

The Enterprise Center, Equity Alliance and Drexel’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab have co-created a plan to revive small, minority-owned businesses on Philly’s 52nd Street Corridor. Here’s why it matters.

This year, minority entrepreneurs are getting a boost in the holiday business all thanks to the newest store in West Philadelphia.

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From left: Daria Williams, Iola Harper, Jamie Gauthier, Della Clark, Tim Roundtree

The holiday season is here and these Black businesses are helping you crank up the festivities.


The Philadelphia-based organization, The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation, founded in 1989, has opened its first Black Holiday Pop-Up Market in West Philly.


According to The...