Our Entrepreneurs
Current Entrepreneurs
Waleisah Wilson
Phoenix Recruiting
Phoenix Recruiting & Employment Services, LLC is an Atlanta-based recruitment and staffing company specializing in aiding marginalized individuals, including the formerly incarcerated. Founded by Waleisah Wilson, who has experience with post-incarceration employment challenges herself, the company has evolved from a non-profit into a full-service agency, partnering with "second-chance" firms and expanding its reach to all minority groups.
Destiny Brewton
A House Called Hue
A House Called Hue is a boutique embroidery company that creates socially conscious solutions that match her customers creative dreams. Destiny works closely with Umi Feeds of Atlanta and raising money to support protesters in 2020 as well as rebuilding small businesses impacted by protests.
Kevin Rodgers
SHWAXX Laboratories, LLC
SHWAXX is a personal care company, focusing on Hair Butters, Creams, Pomades & Gels. The company's inspiration was rooted in softening rough/coarse beards, something Kevin was all too familiar with standing behind his barber chair for over 32 years, but quickly grew into hydrating, softening and styling all textures of hair.
Kemi Bennings
Food For Thought Café
Kemi, an interdisciplinary artist who is passionate about health and wellness, launched Food For Thought Café, an Atlanta-based restaurant group, to promote healthy lifestyles in plant-based cuisine. Carrot Dog, her latest culinary venture, is a vegan food joint that serves carrot-based hot dogs.
Carla Bailey
Carla's Boutik
Carla’s Boutik shares, explores and embraces cultural diversity through an eclectic fusion of fashion, art and beauty for women and men from around the globe. Originally carrying silver jewelry from Quebec, it now offers “global infused style” from every continent but Antarctica, including jewelry humanely made from animal horns, bones, and shells.
Asiah Alghanee
Mama Power Foods
Mama Power Foods is a Kale Salad Dressing business that seeks to promote the combination of healthy and delicious eating habits. Originally founded when Asiah developed a salad dressing recipe to get her kids to eat more raw vegetables, Asiah’s goal and mission is to bring vegan eating to every table nationwide and help mothers get their children to eat more vegetables.
Rochelle Porter
Rochelle Porter Designs
Rochelle heads Rochelle Porter Designs, a lifestyle brand that sells decor, textiles, and houseware derived from the founder’s artwork and colorful Caribbean roots. She prioritizes low-waste production methods, eco-friendly dyes, and partnering with ethical factories to continue giving back to her community.
Jahari Soward
My eSTEAM Kits
My eSTEAM Kits is an enterprise focused on producing STEAM-themed boxes and curriculum for children ages 8-12. They offer engaging and educational activities that help increase children’s curiosity, awareness, and engagement in science-related topics and encourage them to pursue careers in STEAM.
Eco-Paradigm
ECO-PARADIGM
Based in SW Atlanta, ECO-PARADIGM is a collective of agricultural specialists that provide a variety of services to historically disadvantaged farmers and aspiring growers in both urban and rural areas. Their goal is to help grow healthier communities by utilizing regenerative and reparative approaches to create more equitable and environmentally responsible food systems that provide ecological and economic benefit for marginalized populations.
David Sessions
Mint Mobile Detail
Mint Mobile Detail is a mobile car detailing business run by David Sessions. David has a fresh take on car detailing to make the process streamlined, convenient, and quality for his customers. He delivers environmentally friendly detailing services from his Mint Mobile that minimizes water waste, maximizes value, and brings cars back to ‘mint’ condition.
Alumni
Terri Nichelle-Bradley
Brown Toy Box
Brown Toy Box is an Atlanta-based subscription toy box company that produces STE[A]M-themed activity boxes for children ages 4-12.
Each box highlights careers in STE[A]M that offer high salaries, economic mobility, and a strong quality of life, and includes a representative book, interactive activity, fact sheet, and toy.
Akissi Stokes
WUNDERgrubs
WUNDERgrubs is a bakery that leverages protein-rich mealworms through traditional snacks (cookies, granola bars, protein powder) to deliver increased nutritional gain to every customer. WUNDERgrubs's mission is to promote the reception of food security by channels of sustainable food sources.
Kevin Rodgers
SHWAXX Laboratories, LLC
SHWAXX is a personal care company, focusing on Hair Butters, Creams, Pomades & Gels. The company's inspiration was rooted in softening rough/coarse beards, something Kevin was all too familiar with standing behind his barber chair for over 32 years, but quickly grew into hydrating, softening and styling all textures of hair.
Eden Fesshazion
Eden Fesshazion, LLC
Eden Fesshazion is an Atlanta-based attorney, specializing in immigration, family law, and personal injury. In combination with EIIG consulting teams, Eden has made great strides in expanding her business by increasing the breadth of her practice areas and clientele.
Doris Mukangu
Johari Africa
Johari Africa seeks to empower African refugee women with strength and dignity by employing them to produce traditional African clothing and accessories. Johari sells eco-friendly items such as handbags, dresses, jewelry and more that celebrate the African cultures of the women who create them.
Nicole Massiah
Krumbz, LLC
Nicole Massiah was EIIG’s first loan recipient. She is a New York native who has been passionate about baking since childhood. She started Krumbz Bakery, a bakery in Atlanta, after making her own wedding cake, and her business has been flourishing ever since! Krumbz is dedicated to providing desserts that are extraordinary in taste and looks.