Our Focus

Engagement
We engage with entrepreneurs, community members, and partners to broaden our network and deepen our connection with the community.

Education
Our education platform provides a strong foundation of business fundamentals that empowers entrepreneurs to stabilize and grow their businesses.

Advising
Our advisory offering is work plan based, with preferred access to an ecosystem of professional services, capital providers, and workforce development partners.

Capital
We take an innovative approach to investing in high potential businesses through tailored funding and hands on support.

Technology
We invest in technology, product development, and data design to aggregate, report, and visualize our impact.
Our Team
Sean Daniel Murphy
Chief Executive Officer
Ingrid Jacobson
Director of Regional Strategy & Partnerships

Dianna Tremblay
Director of Acceleration

Yui Ueno
Finance & Investment Manager

Kot Hordynski
Director of Marketing & Impact

Valérie Bellande
Director of Revenue and Partnerships

Rasheed Mitchell
Investment Associate
Caron Gugssa-Howard
Accelerator Manager

Breanne Martinez
Office & Impact Administrator

Roohi Singh
Development Associate

Claudia Reyes
ICA Intern
Our Board of Directors
Georgette Bhathena
Director of the Bay Area Regional Partnership, The San Francisco Foundation
Jose Corona
Director of Equity & Strategic Partnerships, City of Oakland
Alberto De Almeida
Executive Officer,
The Body Time
Dennis Green
(Audit Committee Chair)
Principal, Green & Associates
Jim Harris
(Board Co-Chair, Investment Committee Chair)
Chairman & CEO, OluKai
Wil Hobbs
(Board Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair)
SVP/Chief Lending Officer, Community Bank of the Bay
Justina Lai
Director of Impact Investing and Shareholder, Wetherby Asset Management
Jim King
President & Founder,
J.P. King Advisors
Darien Louie
Executive Director,
East Bay Economic Development Alliance
Donald Reinke
Managing Partner,
Reed Smith
Jack Russi
(Board Co-Chair)
National Managing Partner of Corporate Development, Deloitte
Our Supporters
Donate
We believe that communities thrive when every person has access to a good job – one that provides good pay, good benefits, life ladders, and a strong culture.
Over our 20 year history, we have worked with hundreds of companies, who have earned hundreds of millions in revenue, created more than 5,000 jobs, and paid over $650 million in wages.
Your donation helps to fund companies and provide good jobs.