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Pacific Community Ventures is a non-profit community investor supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses’ financial health, quality job creation and climate resilience. Through Restorative Capital, Pro Bono Business Advising, and our Good Jobs Innovation Lab we provide entrepreneurs and their workers with the financial and strategic resources they need to grow, hire, and prosper.

The future of community development finance will not be built by any one organization alone. That is why partnership is ...
10/12/2026

The future of community development finance will not be built by any one organization alone. That is why partnership is at the heart of the Data Commons.

We’re bringing together CDFIs with different geographies, lending models, and experiences because very few CDFIs have the capacity or data volume to do this type of work on their own.

“PCVs Radiant Data Hub and building the Data Commons has been a great opportunity for us to lean into innovation and get ahead and help shape the trends impacting our economy and community. We want to be a part of these conversations and are really excited about the possibilities of this type of collaboration." Ray Pennie- Chief of Business Advisory Services at ACE Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs

ACE’s perspective is one example of why this work matters. When CDFIs come together around collective, mission-aligned data, we can build shared infrastructure. Our goal is to create a foundation for predictive impact underwriting while keeping impact at the center of the work.

Join us in person October 22nd at the OFN Annual Conference in New Orleans, or our upcoming December webinar launch, and hear more from ACE and other CDFI data hub partners!

What if CDFIs could come together to better understand the communities and small businesses we serve, using the data we ...
10/08/2026

What if CDFIs could come together to better understand the communities and small businesses we serve, using the data we already have?

CDFIs store a lot of data but rarely have we been able to come together and tell a collective story about our communities and business clients, bigger than the sum of our parts. What does data-driven collective action in our field look like, that could unlock access to affordable capital for underestimated entrepreneurs at scale? How can we help more CDFIs at all sizes access lean data innovations, and impact storytelling to activate more private capital into their work?

That is the question behind the Data Commons.

Pacific Community Ventures is building the first nationally representative algorithm trained on inclusive CDFI small business lending data to unlock predictive impact underwriting at scale. Our MVP with the first cohort launches early December, and is positioned to work to help unlock $8 Trillion of GDP growth for the economy by driving access to affordable capital at scale for more underserved entrepreneurs.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll introduce some of the organizations helping us build this work and give you a closer look at what we’re learning along the way.

We’re excited to bring more of the field into this conversation.

Over the next few weeks, team PCV will be on the road connecting with leaders across small business finance, CDFIs, and ...
10/07/2026

Over the next few weeks, team PCV will be on the road connecting with leaders across small business finance, CDFIs, and community development.

📍 JUST Future Summit | San Francisco, CA
📅 October 8, 2026 1:50pm-3:00pm PT
Panel: “Building Community Power: Winning Transformative Community Benefits from Banks, Developers, and Corporations”
PCV President and CEO Bulbul, and Senior Policy Advisor Ksenia, will join leaders across the small business and community development ecosystem to explore what’s next for entrepreneurs, communities, and community-centered finance.

📍 Mastercard Small Business Summit | San Francisco, CA
📅 October 15 | ⏰ 3:45–4:15 p.m. PT
Panel: “Unlocking Capital: Funding Strategies for Small Business Growth”
PCV President and CEO Bulbul will join Mastercard and fellow small business finance leaders for a conversation on the evolving funding landscape and what it takes to help small businesses access the capital they need to grow.

📍 Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference | New Orleans, LA
📅 October 20-22, 2026
PCV’s CEO Bulbul, Chief Lending Officer Anthony, CFO Lal, Associate Director of Lending Emily, and Data & AI Hub team members Dan Moret and Navneeth Krishna will be joining this year’s OFN annual conference – come meet us there if you are interested in our restorative capital, or updates in our Data & AI work one year post acquisition launch!

Panel: “Measuring Small Business Outcomes”
PCVs Senior Manager of Machine Learning and AI, Navneeth Krishna M, will join the discussing on practical approaches to measuring outcomes that support organizational learning, strategic decision-making, and stakeholder reporting, while discussing the tradeoffs between collecting more data and collecting the right data.

Across these conversations, one thing remains constant: how can we build stronger systems for small businesses to access capital, build good jobs, and grow?

If you’ll be at any of these events, let’s connect.

GlovedEra Boxing began in a garage during the pandemic, founded by Julio and Melissa to help people stay active, train, ...
09/30/2026

GlovedEra Boxing began in a garage during the pandemic, founded by Julio and Melissa to help people stay active, train, and find community. The gym officially opened its doors in July 2023 in Santa Clarita, California.

Today, GlovedEra has 60+ members and is the only USA Boxing-licensed Olympic-style training gym in Santa Clarita, serving youth, teens, adults, first responders, competitive boxers, and the 55+ community.

As the business grew, so did the need for stronger financial systems. Through Pacific Community Ventures’ Business Advising program, co-founder Melissa began working with advisor Allen Zwickler, who helped GlovedEra take a closer look at cash flow, expenses, debt, pricing, and revenue.

One key change: shifting membership billing to the beginning of the month, giving the business a clearer picture of monthly revenue and making it easier to plan expenses. Now, GlovedEra is focused on growing membership, and building the financial foundation for a larger facility and future USA Boxing-sanctioned events.

That’s what strong business advising can do: placing a mentor in your corner that helps turn numbers into better decisions and build with confidence. Check out GlovedEra Boxing at https://glovederaboxing.godaddysites.com/

Our team spent an energizing week in New York at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and Climate Week, connecti...
09/29/2026

Our team spent an energizing week in New York at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and Climate Week, connecting with leaders across philanthropy, finance, technology, policy, and community development.

We were inspired to hear President Clinton speak and to connect with policymakers, organizations, funders, and partners working to build a more community-centered and sustainable future for all.

For Pacific Community Ventures, a key part of that future is ethical AI and the infrastructure CDFIs need to expand their reach and impact. We’re envisioning what the future will look like if we come together as a mission-driven community and build data governance and technology tools that preserve our humanity and environment. As a part of this journey, we made an exciting exclusive announcement that PCV was selected as an inaugural domestic grantee of the Circle Foundation, supporting our work to build that infrastructure and advance our 2030 strategy: $100 million in Restorative Capital and 100,000 Green & Good Jobs, powered by ethical AI.

In addition, Our President & CEO, Bulbul Gupta, also joined CGI as an Advisor and participated in the Impact Finance & Entrepreneurship Working Session on “Harnessing Technology & AI as Forces for Good in Community Development Finance.” The session discussed leveraging AI tools to unlock and democratize access to capital at scale, listen to the voices of communities better, and help humans have time do deeper impact work.

We’re grateful for the conversations, connections, and partners helping move this work forward.

Hiring staff costs money. But so does constant turnover, repeated training, and the endless time business owners spend f...
09/28/2026

Hiring staff costs money. But so does constant turnover, repeated training, and the endless time business owners spend filling gaps.

This Thursday, October 1 at 1pm PST, join Pacific Community Ventures and Kaiser Permanente for a free webinar designed to help business owners learn how to drive business success through investing in their employees.

“Hire Smart, Train Strong, Retain Right” will feature Danny Spitzberg, Senior Research Analyst at PCV, joined by PCV CEO Bulbul Gupta, Kaiser Permanente Senior Director of Community and Social Health Racheal Meiers, and Kaiser Permanente Program Management Supervisor Laura Flamm.

Together, they’ll share a simple framework, case studies, and tools to help you build capacity, improve productivity, and support profitability.

📅 October 1
⏰ 1–2 p.m. Pacific
💻 Free webinar

Register today https://luma.com/z9tz9rs5

09/21/2026

Pacific Community Ventures is growing our team, and we’re looking for three leaders who want to put their expertise to work on some of the most important challenges facing small businesses, workers, and communities.

Chief Data Officer
Are you a leader who sees, and knows how to harness, the power of technology, AI, and data as tools for good? This is an executive opportunity to help integrate economic and research methods, data and technology in service of economic mobility and opportunity in our country.

Good Jobs Innovation Lab, Research Director
Are you passionate about helping working Americans employed at small businesses nationwide have access to economic mobility, through the power of a good quality job? This is a great role for a seasoned researcher and applied economist, to help our team at PCV unlock the power of entrepreneurship and impact investment to build opportunity for all, and reimagine the future of work in the age of AI.

Associate Director of Lending
Are you a seasoned lending leader ready to help scale access to affordable capital for small businesses across California? This role will lead and grow PCV’s lending strategy and team while helping with portfolio management, expand statewide and specialized lending initiatives, and strengthen how data, technology, automation, and AI support the future of mission-driven lending. institutions.

If you’re ready to bring your expertise to work that can help shape a more community-centered economy, this could be your next move.

Apply. Share. Tag someone who should see this. https://www.pacificcommunityventures.org/about/careers/

What does recovery look like for a small business that was deeply affected by a wildfire? Recovery looked different for ...
09/17/2026

What does recovery look like for a small business that was deeply affected by a wildfire?

Recovery looked different for Mentor Avenue Preschool Preschool in Pasadena. The building survived the January 2025 wildfires, but its outdoor space did not.

Mentor Preschool provides a nurturing learning environment for young children, with a focus on creating a safe and welcoming space for children and families, co-founded with love and care by GJ and Joy. When the fires came dangerously close, smoke, ash, wind, and debris severely damaged the school’s outdoor environment, making an essential part of the preschool unusable.

Support from Pacific Community Ventures’ Restore LA Fund helped Mentor Preschool begin restoring its outdoor space and rebuild its capacity to serve families.

That recovery came at a critical time. As other schools and childcare centers were damaged or displaced, Mentor Preschool saw an increase in families looking for a safe place for their children. Restoring the school’s outdoor space helped create room to welcome more children and support families navigating the aftermath of the fires.

For PCV, this is the impact of restorative capital: helping small businesses recover while strengthening the essential community infrastructure they provide.

Learn more about Mentor Preschool- https://www.mentorpreschool.org/

At the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative, Pacific Community Ventures launched our Commitment to Action to deploy $100 milli...
09/16/2026

At the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative, Pacific Community Ventures launched our Commitment to Action to deploy $100 million in Restorative Capital and help create 100,000 Green & Good Jobs by 2030, powered by ethical AI. That commitment continues to guide our work across capital, data, AI, and Good Jobs as we build new approaches to deliver not only economic opportunity at scale, but climate resilience for underestimated businesses, workers, and communities.

This year, PCV President & CEO Bulbul Gupta, a CGI Advisor, will be leading a discussion on “Harnessing Technology & AI as Forces for Good in Community Development Finance” during the Impact Finance & Entrepreneurship Working Session at the 2026 CGI meeting. She will be joined by more than 100 senior leaders to tackle challenges, identify opportunities, and align partnerships and capital around action. CDFIs have the reach across communities nationwide to unlock economic potential at scale, and are critical actors in unlocking GDP growth for the country. The session will think boldly about how CDFIs and ecosystem partners can come together to harness innovations and tools in service of their missions, including technology and AI for good approaches that advance impact measurement, and storytelling, and capital deployment for the field.

We’ll also be sharing a major milestone during the session.

As we return to CGI and New York Climate Week, we’re bringing what we’ve learned and built to the table, and looking ahead to what’s next.

At CGI or New York Climate Week? Attend the working session and connect with us!

Are you a business owner working on financial clarity and getting capital ready? Whether you're recovering from a disrup...
09/16/2026

Are you a business owner working on financial clarity and getting capital ready?

Whether you're recovering from a disruption, preparing for your next stage of growth, or simply looking to get a clearer picture of your business finances, having the right information can make the next decision easier.

Pacific Community Ventures is hosting the Financial Resilience & Business Recovery Series, a free series of workshops led by Samuel Molina, an Accredited Financial Counselor and Certified Financial Therapist. These sessions are designed to help small business owners strengthen their financial knowledge, prepare for opportunities, and navigate challenges with greater confidence. And all sessions come with free follow-on 1:1 financial therapy and coaching sessions with Samuel, so please reach out!

Join us for two upcoming virtual sessions:

📅 October 13 | 10 AM PT
Preparing Your Business for Capital
Learn how to prepare your business and finances for potential capital opportunities.

📅 November 17 | 12 PM PT
Organizing Business Finances for Recovery
Explore ways to organize your business finances, understand your current position, and identify next steps.

These general sessions are open to all small business owners.

Free to attend. Register today > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/financial-resilience-business-recovery-series-tickets-1999045516954?aff=oddtdtcreator

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1970 Broadway Suite 200
Oakland, CA
94612

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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