Women business owners face unique challenges when seeking funding – they receive disproportionately less venture capital and often encounter barriers in traditional lending. Grants provide a critical ...

Raising money for a small business is never easy—and some of the traditional avenues for securing capital, from institutional investors to friends and family rounds, come with a lot of baggage. Grants ...

Women of color are among the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in the United States. Yet, they continue to face persistent disparities in access to business funding. Despite this growth, women ...

Female entrepreneurs are on equal footing with their male counterparts in creating businesses with a societal impact. But there is still a colossal gap in startup funding between women and men who ...

Grants are direct funding from a government or organization given to businesses or individuals and do not need to be repaid. It is difficult to obtain a grant and typically requires a competitive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alejandra Rojas is a finance expert covering entrepreneurs of color. One of the early-stage questions many entrepreneurs ask when ...