Infographic: Explore Our 2016 Impact

Infographic: Explore Our 2016 Impact

Ventures is committed to tracking, analyzing, and sharing our program data. Participants regularly provide confidential updates about their business status and that information helps us make program improvements, report to our funders, and inform our community about...
Thank You, InnoVentures Sponsors

Thank You, InnoVentures Sponsors

We are incredibly thankful to BECU, Boeing, Friends of the Waterfront, and Vulcan Inc. sponsors of ! It is because of their generous support that Ventures business owners from the food, product, and service industries have the opportunity to compete for resources that...
You’re Invited to InnoVentures

You’re Invited to InnoVentures

Join us for a night of inspirational business pitches, good beer, and networking with Ventures’ community of entrepreneurs. If you’ve ever attended a Ventures Business Development Training Graduation, you have seen empowerment in action. You have seen a group of...
Our Winter Programs

Our Winter Programs

If you stop by the Ventures office on any weeknight this month, you’ll see our entrepreneurs working on their business. And they are working hard. The New Year has brought another quarter of programming at Ventures. It’s been great to see our business owners...
What Is the Racial Wealth Gap?

What Is the Racial Wealth Gap?

According to the Pew Research Center, white households have 13 times more wealth than African American households and 10 times more than Hispanic households. Many factors contribute to this gap, including lower rates of asset ownership among minorities (such as a home...