Melissa Bradley is a dynamic investor leading a multi-billion-dollar initiative to uplift minority entrepreneurs. She is the founder and managing partner of 1863 Ventures, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit accelerator and venture fund that began to realize its purpose once it veered away from a “one-size-fits-all” mindset, AFROTECH™ previously reported. “Once we were able to identify what were the unique needs of each of those segments, then, we’ve now developed respectfully an award-winning set of programs around that, which has allowed us to generate over a billion dollars of new revenue by our businesses,” Bradley previously told AFROTECH™ at the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in 2022. “We’ve created over 3,000 jobs in the last five years. And luckily, we had a 95% survival rate post-COVID for all of our businesses.” Furthermore, among 1863 Ventures’ efforts is the 3Rs (Recovery, Rebuild, Resilience) business development program, which launched in 2021 to provide...