Our Services

Where We Focus

DV expects to balance financial and social returns
with its investors in the following socially underserved areas.

Minority Entrepreneurs

DV will assist highly qualified minority and women entrepreneurs gain access to capital, government contracts, and corporate preferred purchase programs.

Veterans

DV will assist highly qualified veteran managed businesses. DV believes that veterans have a unique training, discipline, and leadership potential indicative of the leadership needed to grow entrepreneurial companies.

Jobs in Low-Income Areas

DV plans to lead the push to serve underserved markets in the U.S. by finding, coordinating and financing businesses that create jobs in areas such low-income areas and inner cities. Our track record proves our commitment.

Corporate Purchasing Conduit for Stronger Minority-Owned Businesses

DV will work with procurement offices of large U.S. corporations and contracting officers of government agencies to strengthen their supply chain with businesses we invest in that are important to corporations.

Recent Assignments, Transactions, and Events

We assisted Exelon and PEPCO in the structuring, advising, development, potential measurements, impacts, and criteria for this racial justice and equity fund. The press release is here: https://www.exeloncorp.com/newsroom/exelon-announces-$36-million-equity-fund-to-support-minority-owned-business-growth
Engaged by a major Multi-Billion Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) to originate and advise on capital deployments for Black and Minority led firms via its $300 Million Loan and Debt Fund.
Invited to advise and manage multiple states multi-million dollar allocations from the United States Treasury State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) allocations.
Signed a Memorandum of Understanding Partnership, via GETWIREDAMERICA, with a leading Midwest broadband and telecom firm for rural broadband deployments.
Approved to be a certified minority firm via is Certified Public Accounting Affiliate, PEEK, LLC with the National Minority Supplier Development Company, Metro Washington Airports, District of Columbia, and other other state and national agencies.
Selected by Trident Ventures as an Independent Sponsor: https://www.trident.co/trident-takes-aim-at-widening-access-to-the-private-equity-and-small-business-acquisition-landscape/
Venture Capital Advisor to the National Urban League Urban Empowerment Fund’s Minority Business Development Agency’s Capital Readiness Program