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Investment Strategies

Opportunities to invest in your community

Our Impact Areas

Making investing in your community a great investment

With decades of combined investment and impact experience, our intentionally diverse team reimagines how to connect capital and community. The opportunities you see here are designed to increase inclusive and equitable access to education, health, and wealth.

Talk to an expert about investing in community

“I love how brave and bold Mission Driven Finance is. They don’t shy away from the challenges that other financial institutions do.”

Rachel Lozano Castro

Investor*

“Missing middle” small business financing

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Investing in impact-focused small businesses and nonprofits through people- and place-based strategies

How does this work?

Inclusive social impact real estate

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Impact-based real estate solutions to address homeownership and intergenerational wealth

How does this work?

Supporting emerging managers

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Providing non-dilutive launch capital to overlooked and underestimated fund managers and project sponsors

*Disclosure: Rachel is an investor in a fund managed by Mission Driven Finance. No compensation was provided in connection with the statement or experiences shared.