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Oportun, Inc. provides consumer financial services. The firm focuses on offering unsecured credit to under-banked Hispanic families that lack FICO scores, credit histories, and traditional banking relationships. It provides loans without collateral to clients who lack credit history by using its sophisticated risk-scoring system that emphasizes a client's true capacity to afford a loan and engages with customers in their neighborhoods, in their language and with familiar faces from the community to build relationships of trust that lead to a lifetime of growth and prosperity. The company was founded by James Gutierrez and Gabriel Manjarrez in 2005 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

LiftFund, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that helps finance new small business and startup companies. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Inter-American Development Bank engages in the provision of development financing to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. Its activities include provision of loans, grants, and technical assistance; and conducts extensive research. It provides services to the central governments, provinces, municipalities, private firms, and non-governmental organizations. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Listo Unlimited, Inc. provides consumer financial services that offers insurance products and loan. The company was founded by Ulloa Samuel and Gustavo F. Lasala and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

The Association for Enterprise Opportunity provides microenterprise development services. It provides its team members with a forum, information, and voice to promote enterprise opportunity for people and communities. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

San Antonio Food Bank, Inc. provides food and grocery products. It serves businesses, churches, foundation, corporation, government, civic groups, and individuals. It distributes these items in manageable quantities to service agencies that help people in need. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas connects high-impact companies in Central Texas with high-impact causes around the world. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.