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Private Equity Fund Launches to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

A new private equity fund founded to close the racial wealth gap through the creation of employee-owned businesses, announced a first close on Wednesday with the investment backing of major foundations, including Ford, Rockefeller, and Skoll. 

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Apis & Heritage Capital Partners Announces Initial Close of
$30 Million to Turn Businesses
with Workforces of Color into
Employee-Owned Firms

Washington, D.C. | June 23, 2021 - Apis & Heritage Capital Partners (A&H) announced its First Close at $30 million for its flagship Legacy Fund I, which is designed to help close the country’s racial wealth gap by transitioning businesses with large workforces of color into 100% employee-owned enterprises.

The fund surpassed its $15 million first close target, with support from leading investors and advisors including the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation’s Zero Gap Fund, The Skoll Foundation and its advisor Capricorn Investments, Gary Community Investments, Ascension Investment Management, and others. 

 

A&H is a BIPOC-led private equity fund that has developed an “employee-led buyout” (ELBO) model that gives retiring owners a fair market price for their businesses, often with significant tax advantages, as employees become the employee/owners of the business with A&H’s assistance. In today’s America, 60% of Black and 65% of LatinX workers have $0 in retirement assets making workers vulnerable to financial insecurity as they age and without resources to pass on to the next generation. A&H expects an average worker who benefits from an A&H-assisted buyout to accrue retirement savings of $70,000 - $120,000 each, which can be life changing.

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JUNE 7, 2021

The ESOP Revolution: Fighting Financial Inequality And Empowering The Working Class

In my research on purpose-driven businesses and stakeholder capitalism, one of the most important themes I have encountered is the transformative power of employee ownership.

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MAY 27, 2021

Reducing racial wealth inequality and preserving beacons of hope through employee ownership

In 2019, Darrick Hamilton and three other researchers and policy analysts authored a report entitled “Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide.

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APRIL 30, 2021

The True Cost of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Policies like forgiving debt for all student loans and giving baby bonds to the whole population won’t be nearly enough to achieve racial wealth parity, an economist says.

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