“Financing Business Growth with MBDA’s financing Partners” July 21, 2015 New Orleans, LA

“Financing Business Growth with MBDA’s financing Partners” As an MBDA Business Center your clients have diverse financing needs. This dynamic panel will connect your center to MBDA partners that offer a wide array of financing types. The panelists will introduce MBDA to resources that include a national network of CDFI funds, a new type of receivables financing, sources of growth capital for inner cities, new categories of marketplace lenders and exciting Merger and Acquisition (M&A) opportunities with private equity firms. The conversation will focus on how minority businesses (MBEs) can access these various types of capital, as well as highlight market trends that are bringing new growth opportunities to MBEs.

“Financing Business Growth with MBDA’s financing Partners” MODERATOR: Craig Miller, CEO, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) PANELISTS: Michael Finkelstein, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Credit Junction Rafael Martinez, Managing Partner, MBE Capital Partners Nancy Negron, Chief External Affairs Officer, Opportunity Finance Network Hyacinth Vassell, Director of Inner City Capital Connections, ICIC

“Financing Business Growth with MBDA’s financing Partners”

ICCC in Chicago: Impact of Capital Infusion

Copyright © 2015 ICIC 7 Source: ICCC Application & Impact Survey * Excludes 1 outlier Raised CapitalDid not Raise Capital Revenue Total Increase18.2%-22.6%* Annual Growth4.7%-7.1%* Jobs Total Increase6.8%-47.5%* Annual Growth1.8%-16.9%* # that raised capital: 25 out of 61 surveyed (41%)

ICCC in Chicago Copyright © 2015 ICIC 8 *Data post ICCC data is from businesses that have completed an Impact Survey (61/100) 100 ICCC participants from Chicago Pre-ICCCPost-ICCC% Growth Avg. Revenue $2.9M $3.1M 44% Avg. Employees % 16.6 average age of business at participation 21% Average poverty rate of business locations Top Industries Business Services (40%) Manufacturing (17%) Success Stories Cedar Concepts Corporation Raised over $34M Capital Raised 342% More than Sought 200% Revenue Growth Seville Staffing, Inc. Raised $2.75M Capital 166% Revenue Growth 113% Job Growth Commonground After 1 year since participation... Raised over $3M Capital Created 45 jobs 70.5% Minority-owned 38.4 % Female-owned $61.3M Total Capital Raised $675K Median Capital Raised $2.4M Average Capital Raised

“Financing Business Growth with MBDA’s financing Partners”

July 21, 2015 New Orleans, LA