Press Releases

Through our continuum of solutions, Momentus Capital is making an impact with communities across the country. We invite you to read our press releases from across the Momentus Capital family of organizations.

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10/10/2022

CDC Small Business Finance Earns #1 Spot as Top SBA 504 and Community Advantage Lender Nationwide

CDC Small Business Finance, long considered one of the nation’s leading mission-driven lenders, has finished Fiscal Year 2022 as the foremost SBA 504 and Community Advantage lender in the United States.

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10/4/2022

Newly Formed Economic Opportunity Coalition Announces New Initiatives to Drive Economic Opportunity in Underserved Communities

Momentus Capital is a founding member of the coalition, whose goal is to focus commitments in a few areas that will move the needle — aligning their major investments in communities of color with investments made by the Biden-Harris Administration.

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09/29/2022

Momentus Capital Receives Grant From Mastercard’s Strive USA Initiative to Support Small Businesses

Strive USA will join together and strengthen an ecosystem of organizations primed to address three common challenges small businesses are confronting.

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09/23/2022

CDC Small Business Finance Receives Two Top Honors as SBA Business Development Officers of the Year

Stacey Sanchez and Ken Rosenthal were two of just five people to be named “BDO of the Year” by The Coleman Report, a leading banking publication that annually honors the best in small business lending practices.

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09/13/2022

Momentus Capital Announces Sale of $5 Million Racial Equity Bond to U.S. Bank in Support of Real Estate Developers of Color

This investment will help support Momentus Capital’s continued work toward helping real estate developers of color in an industry where they are starkly underrepresented to create generational wealth, construct developments that are aligned with community needs, and build more affordable housing.

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08/9/2022

Fast Company Names Ellis Carr to Most Creative People in Business List

Ellis Carr, the president and CEO of the Momentus Capital family of companies, has been selected by Fast Company in the business publication’s 14th annual list of the Most Creative People in Business.

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07/28/2022

Momentus Capital Joins with Biden-Harris Administration as a Founding Member of New Coalition Dedicated to Addressing Economic Disparities and Accelerating Economic Opportunities

Momentus Capital is honored to serve as one of the founding members of the Biden-Harris administration’s Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC) to catalyze public and private investments that address economic disparities in communities of color.

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07/21/2022

Leading Mission-Driven Organizations Launch Momentus Capital to Transform How The Financial Sector Helps Entrepreneurs and Communities Thrive

In a first-of-its-kind merger, Capital Impact Partners, CDC Small Business Finance, and Ventures Lending Technologies are coming together as Momentus Capital to create the transformational change needed in the financial sector to build inclusive and equitable communities.

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06/20/2022

Growing Diverse Housing Developers: A New Training Program For Developers of Color sponsored by the Wells Fargo Foundation

Capital Impact Partners joins forces with leading community development organizations launched with the Wells Fargo Foundation in support of real estate developers of color and creating more affordable housing.