RipplesIndia Group

Business Strategy

Tillful | September 07, 2021

Tillful's core mission is to create a more accurate and inclusive credit system that serves small business owners better than today's existing financial system. Research continues to report that the traditional business credit scoring framework often doesn't accurately represent borrower eligibility for small business opportunities and funding. This week, Tillful announced the launch of its new free iOS mobile application. Tillful's mobile app is the first in the m...

Impact

Uber | January 11, 2022

Uber and Visa today announced Grants for Growth, a program that will provide $1 million in grant funding to small businesses in 10 U.S. cities that are currently active on Uber Eats. The program will be administered by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). Focused on restaurant recovery and entrepreneurship, the program was created to support merchants when they need it most. "We know that this year has been trying for many and that independently-owned b...

Management

Globenewswire | April 13, 2023

The U.S. Small Business Administration has finalized two rules to address persistent gaps in access to capital impacting small business owners in underserved communities as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom-up, not top-down. The final rules grant permanence to SBA’s program for nonprofit mission lenders, remove outdated limits on non-depository lender participation, increase opportunities for employee ownership, ...

Lowe’s | June 12, 2020

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. opened its inaugural phase of grant applications to offer relief to minority-owned businesses as part of its $25 million commitment announced in the past. The effort comes at a time when small companies work to stay in business and pay their workers amid the economic damage that the coronavirus caused, according to an announcement. Lowe’s said its contribution will back emergency grants in areas that have been traditionally underserved in addition to other form...