Event

Event Networking

Join a focused, invite-only afternoon for investors, private equity groups, and business owners. Learn how active lenders and deal advisors look at value and risk, what financing is available today, and how deals reach the finish line. Meet credible peers during breaks and strengthen your M&A network.

E Central Medical Management

Owned By Bert Lurch Founded in 1999, ECM is an MBE-certified medical billing firm helping independent physicians with billing, coding, credentialing, and revenue cycle management.

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Flagstar Bank

Represented by Barrie Phillip & Leroy E. Quilter A full-service national bank offering personal and commercial banking, mortgages, and business lending.

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Titan Holding Partners

Represented by Lincoln DaCosta A Boca Raton investment firm offering qualified investors portfolio management, joint ventures, growth capital, and structured credit opportunities.

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Mel & N Media Group

Owned by Melissa Noel Founded by award-winning journalist Melissa Noel, the company provides media consulting, press exposure, and event production while advancing diverse representation.

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REIF Rum

Majority women-owned rum brand, four generations of family entrepreneurship. Distilled and bottled in Jacksonville, FL. Combines sugar cane with banana, orange, and coconut flavor notes.

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Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey

Tennessee whiskey brand honoring Nathan "Nearest" Green, the formerly enslaved master distiller who taught Jack Daniel the craft. Founded 2017, became the fastest-growing whiskey brand in the U.S. & the most successful Black-owned distillery in the world

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Edmond's Honor

A bourbon whiskey brand

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Clif Family Winery & Farm

Napa Valley winery and organic farm founded in 2004 by Clif Bar co-founders Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford. Certified B Corp, farms 90 acres of organic vineyards plus a 10-acre garden and orchard, producing small-batch wines and specialty foods.

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Pattern Beauty by Tracee Ellis Ross

Black-owned, Black-centered haircare brand founded in 2019 for curly, coily, and tight-textured hair. Sold at Sephora, Ulta, and Macy's.

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Ani + Co.

High-end fragrance and wellbeing brand (candles) creating products that preserve heritage, art, and culture through collaborations with wellness professionals, artists, and nonprofits.

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WIPS (West Indies Pepper Sauce)

Five-ingredient Caribbean pepper sauce founded by Guyanese-American Randy Pulayya, honoring his traditional Guyanese recipe.

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Island Pops

Caribbean ice cream, ice pops, and sorbets founded in 2015 by married couple Khalid Hamid and Shelly Marshall in Brooklyn, inspired by flavors from their home country of Trinidad & Tobago (soursop, sorrel, rum punch, guava cheesecake)

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Island Love

ndividually spirit-soaked Caribbean cakes, offered in cognac (Very Special, Pure White) and rum (Aged, Coconut) flavors.

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Magic Fingers

Owned by Stasha Harris Founded by master braider Stasha Harris, this Brooklyn studio specializes in protective styles, hair products, and professional braider training.

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