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NAC's Private Equity Business Model for Indian Country |
| NAC has adapted the traditional private equity investment
model to the unique challenges and opportunities of Indian
Country. These challenges include underdeveloped
infrastructure (e.g., lack of public transportation systems),
unfamiliarity with Indian Country law, commerce, and
opportunities on the part of many potential investors, and
high rates of poverty in some parts of Indian Country.
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Leonard Smith, Executive Director of Montana’s Native American Development Corporation (NADC), Appointed to Native American Capital, LLC (NAC) National Advisory Board |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 1, 2008) – Leonard Smith, a highly regarded American Indian business leader based in Montana, has been appointed to NAC’s National Advisory Board.
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Lance Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer of HoChunk Inc., Joins Native American Capital, LLC’s National Advisory Board |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 1, 2008) -- Native American Capital (NAC), LLC, an ‘All Indian Country' merchant/investment bank and private equity/venture capital fund manager, announced the appointment of pioneering American Indian businessman and entrepreneur, Lance Morgan, to its National Advisory Board. Mr. Morgan, an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, is the founding president and chief executive officer of HoChunk, Inc., with 2007 revenues in excess of $140 million and over 500 employees.
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Gavin Clarkson Appointed Native American Capital, LLC (NAC) Managing Director |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2007) – Dr. Gavin Clarkson, a national authority on American Indian economic development, finance, and law, has been appointed a managing director of NAC, LLC.
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Native American Capital, LP Senior Managing Director to speak at Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) Lecture Series at the University of Iowa |
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Joseph L. Falkson, Ph.D., MBA, , Native American Capital, LP (NAC) Senior Managing Director to discuss Native American Capital : New Partnerships in Academic Entrepreneurship on November 30th
Iowa City, IA (November 15, 2006) – Joe Falkson, a nationally-recognized community economic development expert based in Washington, DC, will describe the origins, purposes, and possibilities of Native American Capital, LP, the first national venture capital and merchant banking firm dedicated to business and economic development throughout Indian Country....
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NAC Investee, Nizhoni Keyah, Inc., Acquires Pueblo Food Specialties of Albuquerque, NM |
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NAC provided the equity capital for Native American food products and general merchandise distributor to begin aggressive product line and strategic markets expansion.
Silver Spring, MD (October 16, 2006) – Native American Capital, LP, a Silver Spring, MD-based American Indian owned private equity fund, announced today that one of its portfolio companies, Nizhoni Keyah Global Markets, LLC, an investor in Native American foods and general merchandise distribution businesses, has financed the acquisition of Pueblo Food Specialties (www.pueblosalsa.com), a Laguna Pueblo company, based in Albuquerque, NM. The acquisition included all of the assets and their highly popular products.
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J.D. Colbert, President and Chief Executive Officer of Native American Bank, Joins Native American Capital, LP's National Advisory Board |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20, 2006) -- Native American Capital (NAC), LP, an 'All Indian Country' private equity/venture capital fund, announced the appointment of veteran Chickasaw-Creek banker J.D. Colbert to its National Advisory Board. Mr. Colbert recently became president and CEO of Native American Bank, in Denver, CO . Prior to joining Native American Bank, Mr. Colbert served as Executive Vice President of Bank2 in Oklahoma City, OK, a bank owned by Chickasaw Nation that he founded. Colbert also founded the North American Native Bankers Association, an association of Indian-owned banks in the U.S. and Canada. He is also a former bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, a former bank chief financial officer, a former tribal administrator and a former bank president.
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| Glasgow, MT (April 17, 2006) - The Native American CDFI Coalition, a national membership association representing the Nation's Native American community development financial institutions (CDFIs), held its first formal membership meeting, March 28-29, at the Mystic Lake Resort & Casino, Prior Lake, MN. |
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| WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20, 2006) -- Native American Capital (NAC), LP, an ‘All Indian Country' private equity/venture capital fund, announced the appointment of Navajo and Cherokee Native American, Stephanie Turnbow Harmon, to its National Advisory Board. |
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Native American-owned businesses, especially those focused on government contracts, have been prospering in recent years. A newly created venture fund hopes to further fuel this boom and make some money in the process. Native American Capital is a newly created venture fund that plans to target investment toward Native American enterprises operating in traditional markets such as government contractors, gaming businesses, and firms providing health care on reservations.
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Native American Capital (NAC), LP, an 'All Indian Country' social private equity fund, has announced the appointment of Richard Lewis to its National Advisory Board. Mr. Lewis is a senior financial services industry professional, who will play a major liaison role between NAC and the financial and banking centers throughout the United States.
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| Special to CDVCA Ventures : Native American Capital, LP announces board, intitial capital commitment |
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Community Development Venture Capital Funds Bring Relief to an Equity Desert |
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Advancing Native American entrepreneurship through venture capital is focus of March 4 CDVCA session |
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