We venture to ignite the power of women entrepreneurs.
We fulfill our mission by providing the following services:
FREE one-on-one business consultations
Low-cost business education seminars and workshops
IGNITE 360® Mentoring Program
Peer Groups
Purposeful networking events
Leadership development opportunities for professional women
Since our nonprofit program was established in 2007 in Melbourne, Florida on the campus of Florida Tech, we have:
Trained over 14,500 clients
Helped over 170 business owners grow and expand their businesses through the IGNITE 360® Mentoring Program
Helped clients to create and maintain local jobs
Helped clients to increase revenues - an average of 40% for IGNITE 360® graduates
Our team of 5 staff members and over 75 volunteers work to ensure that our clients are successful unto the economic benefit of all.
In 2020-2021 Program Year*, weVENTURE WBC:
Served 977 unique clients TOTAL. Counseling education, and group trainings
Assisted 258 NEW Start-up businesses.
Nearly doubled the number of ethnic minority clients we served year over year by focusing our outreach and partnerships to make our services more accessible to underserved communities.
Clients created 77 NEW jobs and 849 jobs were retained via $675,520 in PPP Loans secured
Assisted 34 businesses with accessing capital, totaling $596,570 in private funding and $509,180 in SBA loans.
878 clients attended our 62 group training sessions or webinars, including Peer Groups focused on COVID-19 response topics to help support businesses in this difficult time.
502 clients received 1:1 counseling for a total of 1,281 hours of direct counseling.
69% of our clients were female and 31% were male clients.
30 IGNITE clients graduated the program in 2020-2021, with many sponsored by CARES funding.
350 individuals registered for 2021 Virtual IMPACT Summit and a dozen watch parties were hosted.
12 emerging leaders graduated from ATHENA Leadership Program
weVENTURE depends on corporate and private sponsorships to support the delivery of our innovative mentoring programs and award-winning training curriculum that builds local businesses and the communities they serve.
