1863 Ventures — a D.C. -based accelerator designed to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship and equity — has just launched a 3Rs (Recovery, Rebuild, Resilience) business development program to support Black and brown business owners. A press release reports that the new program will provide over $850,000 worth of grant funding from Capital One and The Rockefeller Foundation to help minority founders reevaluate their business models and navigate their companies in a post-pandemic state. The 3Rs program aims to not just financially-back these founders, but also empower them to grow through a live and online curated business development curriculum, as well as 1:1 business coaching. “1863 Ventures is humbled to work with Capital One and The Rockefeller Foundation to help Black entrepreneurs in place. Black entrepreneurs were the hardest hit during the pandemic but received the lowest levels of investment to survive,” said Melissa Bradley, Founder and Managing Partner of 1863 Ventures,...