Founded by Amera McCoy
A membership that puts the classes, the coaching, the lender connections and the software discounts a minority-owned small business needs behind one login.
"MBC is more than a marketplace, it's a movement."
The team is working on integrating AI into the platform and creating classes on how to leverage AI in small business. Updated September 2026.
The help exists but it's scattered across a dozen programs that don't know about each other. Minority Business Circle assembles it into a four-step path from planning through launch.
Minority-owned small businesses and people about to start one, described on the site as underserved communities.
The funding partners and affiliates are hand-picked rather than an open directory, and the software discounts are real money for a business at that stage.
Contributions go into the fund that writes them. If Minority Business Circle exits one day, our share comes back to the fund and goes out again, which is what makes us an evergreen fund.
Runs the first round of a technical interview with a conversational AI, then reports how the candidate thinks.
Works inside small accounting firms as an outside AI lead, building the automations that take the grind out of tax season.
Threat detection and encryption for critical infrastructure and the organizations legacy vendors ignore.
Updates on the founders we back and the work behind the checks.
