SBIA Expresses Support for Empowering Women in Small Business Act
“SBIA supports removing all barriers to female entrepreneurs accessing capital,” said SBIA President Brett Palmer.
March 23, 2022 (Washington, D.C.) – The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) is pleased to support legislation introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the “Empowering Women in Small Business Act”, that would increase access to venture capital financing for women-owned small businesses through the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. This legislation would incentivize SBIC investment in women-owned businesses and hold federal agencies accountable for meeting federal contracting obligations under current law for women-owned small businesses.
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