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CNote – Private investment
Helps institutions invest capital into underserved communities at scale.

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Sept 2022 Series A $7.3M
Lead: American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

“[I] know that there were Confederate soldiers here walking this land, plotting and planning everything they could to keep us Negroes in place. The very fact that I am here on this land, the very fact that hundreds of people—Black and brown people—come here to make a living, that is effecting change.”
Tyler Perry
Owner of Tyler Perry Studios

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