Important links, minus the scavenger hunt.
Curated external links from the WE financial infrastructure directory — women-led banks, funds, lending circles, certification bodies, and proof-of-concept models. Start with The Mycelium. Go from there.
The broader landscape
Buy Women Owned
Consumer-facing directory connected to WBENC certification. Useful reference, but not the full WE model.
WEConnect International
Global certification and supplier discovery infrastructure. Strong backbone, wrong center of gravity for WE, but still important.
SheTrades
International Trade Centre initiative connecting women-owned businesses to markets.
ByBlack
Closest live architecture to the pledge-plus-directory logic WE needs.
WBENC
Most established women-owned business certification body in the U.S.
Buy From Her
Easily find Women-Owned Businesses you can buy from.
Female Founders Fund
Leading source of institutional capital for female founders raising seed capital with over $3B in enterprise value.
Our Own Damn List
A community-built directory of Black women leaders, founders, and changemakers you need on your feed. No algorithms. Just brilliance.
Women-owned banking infrastructure
First Women's Bank
Commercial bank with an explicit strategic focus on the women's economy.
The First National Bank of Izard County
Community bank in Arkansas.
Beacon Business Bank
Commercial community bank in California.
Southeast First National Bank
Community bank in Georgia.
First National Bank of Manning
Agricultural and commercial community bank in Iowa.
First National Bank in Fredonia
Community bank in Kansas.
The First National Bank of Gordon
Community bank in Nebraska.
Banccentral, National Association
Multi-branch community bank in Oklahoma.
First National Bank of Okeene
Agricultural community bank in Oklahoma.
The National Bank of Malvern
Community bank in Pennsylvania.
Commercial National Bank of Texarkana
Commercial community bank on the Texas/Arkansas border.
Texas National Bank of Jacksonville
The largest women-owned bank in the U.S. listed in the doc.
The Santa Anna National Bank
Community bank serving Coleman County, Texas.
First National Bank in Tigerton
Community bank in Wisconsin.
Mighty Deposits
Values-aligned banking research resource mentioned in the directory.
SEWA Bank
Women-founded financial cooperative in India.
Women's World Banking
Global financial inclusion infrastructure and capital partner network.
Capital stack
Female Founders Fund
Early and growth-stage women-led investing.
Astia
Bias-resistant investment model and global expert network.
Acrew Capital
Fintech, cybersecurity, consumer tech.
BBG Ventures
Early-stage fund requiring at least one female founder.
Cowboy Ventures
Software-focused early stage.
Backstage Capital
Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ founders.
Rogue Women's Fund
B2B SaaS, enterprise, and foundational industries.
Amplifyher Ventures
Diverse leadership teams in new markets.
Chingona Ventures
Latina-founded ethos, massively changing industries.
Bumble Fund
Early-stage underrepresented founders, especially women of color.
Avestria Ventures
Women's health and female-led life sciences.
The Artemis Fund
Fintech, commerce, and care sectors.
Outlander VC
Diverse, cross-sector early stage.
Portfolia
Most accessible entry point into women-focused venture investing listed in the doc.
Belle Capital USA
Early-stage underserved capital markets.
AV Women's Venture Fund
Alumni Ventures co-investment vehicle.
Claritas Capital / Athena Ventures
Targets valuation gaps for women founders.
Alitheia IDF
Africa's first and largest gender-lens private equity fund in the doc.
Janngo Capital
Pan-African gender-equal venture capital.
Aruwa Capital Management
Nigeria-based private equity with gender thesis.
Rising Tide Africa
Female-led angel network across the continent.
AFAWA
African Development Bank initiative unlocking financing for women-led businesses.
2X Challenge
Global gender-lens development finance benchmark and capital commitment platform.
European Women in VC
Network of female investors across Europe.
IDB Lab / We-Fi
Women entrepreneurs finance initiative in Latin America.
Ancient infrastructure, modern links
Mission Asset Fund
Formalized lending circles with credit building and a national partner network.
R.O.S.C.A. Money Circle
Community-first app and newsletter rooted in tanda culture.
Esusu
Digitized ROSCA logic with rent reporting and credit building.
Accion Opportunity Fund
Loans, coaching, and support networks serving women and underserved founders.
NASASA
Network infrastructure for one of the most institutionalized stokvel ecosystems in the world.
VSLA
Village Savings and Loan Associations across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
CARE Savings Groups
CARE's village savings model across 38+ countries.
Useful infrastructure, even when it's still trapped in old-system logic
Verification
Use these when you need recognized standards instead of inventing your own bureaucracy.
Support platforms
Not the WE endgame, but worth linking because people will ask.
People and organizations proving the logic
RUNWAY
Jessica Norwood's capital infrastructure work.
Beloved Economies
Non-extractive economic design closely aligned with WE.
The Village Market
Operationalized internal circulation and visibility at scale.
Our Village United
Support infrastructure around Black entrepreneurship and circulation.
Black Women's Wealth Alliance
Grassroots-to-institution arc around wealth education and support.
Black Girl Ventures
Community-voted funding model and ecosystem infrastructure.
The Empowerment Experiment
Maggie Anderson's proof-with-receipts on internal circulation.