Hi There,
I'm Kaine Nicholas
I'm a Impact Fund Builder Capital Catalyst Connector Sigma Father
Kaine Nicholas, MBA is the Black Cooperative Investment Fund's first executive director
About Me
Kaine Nicholas is an accomplished financial and tax professional with more than 15 years of entrepreneurial and financial experience.
Throughout his career, he has been focused on creating substantive community impact and has continually sought opportunities to use his unique skills to improve the quality of life for his community.
After working in global finance for several years at professional services firms such as; Etrade, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business , J.P. Morgan, and others; he started ABLE Consulting, LLC, which helped drive vision and growth for corporations under $10 million.
As the BCIF Executive director, Kaine focused on leading to cooperative economics, entrepreneurial acceleration providing capital through pooled dollars and micro loans to the Black Community in the Southern California ecosystem.
Kaine holds an MBA from Babson College for global entrepreneurship and received a B.S. in economics & finance from Bentley University. Mr. Nicholas is a Riordan Fellow at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a certificate holder for board/executive leadership from the USC Cecil Murray Institute for Community Engagement and the African-American Board Leadership (AABLI)
About Me
Kaine Nicholas is an accomplished financial professional with more than 15 years of entrepreneurial and financial experience. Today, Kaine is the first Executive Director of Black Cooperative Investment Fund (BCIF), a community-based organization rooted in self-help economics that provides micro loans to the unapologetically to Black Community.
Throughout his career, he has been focused on creating substantive community impact and has continually sought opportunities to use his unique skills to improve the quality of life for his community.
After working in global finance for several years at professional services firms such as; Etrade, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business , J.P. Morgan, and others; he started ABLE Consulting, LLC, which helped drive vision and growth for corporations under $10 million.
As the BCIF Executive director, Kaine focuses on leading to cooperative economics, entrepreneurial acceleration providing capital through pooled dollars and micro loans to the Black Community in the Southern California ecosystem.
Kaine holds an MBA from Babson College for global entrepreneurship and received a B.S. in economics & finance from Bentley University. Mr. Nicholas is a Riordan Fellow at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a certificate holder for board/executive leadership from the USC Cecil Murray Institute for Community Engagement and the African-American Board Leadership (AABLI).
Kaine, his two young daughters and wife of ten years reside in San Pedro, California. He enjoys finding time to teach finance and entrepreneurship to the young kids and teenagers.
My Experience
Community Development
- Led efforts as Managing Director for National Asian American Coalition’s CDFI
- Co-founded two Community Development Corporations in South LA
- Provided technical assistance to over 1,000+ small businesses
Community Investor
- Partnered with Edited editorial photos for clients and magazines, and social media posts
- Organization of files
Community Leader
- Led Los Angeles NPHC Created concepts for major clients such as Vanda Music Production and more.
Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
Black Cooperative Investment Fund (BCIF)
Executive Director
Founded in 2016, the Black Cooperative Investment Fund is a 501 (c) 3, nonprofit community-based organization that provides microloans to the Black community through pooled dollars and raises awareness about the importance of economic empowerment, equity, and wealth building in the Southern California region. BCIF’s vision is to provide a dedicated, reliable, and perpetual source of capital to create assets and build wealth for, and within, the Black community while being a catalytic force for building a critical mass movement of change based on economic imperatives. For more details, visit: http://www.bcifund.org. Open to speaking engagements across all media platforms.
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
FoundersClick Inc.
Advanced Diversity Director, SVP
The position leads the US development and advances diversity within the FoundersClick ecosystem. The platform hosts a global community of nearly 100,000 members comprising of entrepreneurs, businesses, SMEs, and non-profits in and outside of the US. Our members are allied stakeholders in early stage to growing business. For companies that are looking for growth, let’s talk about Advanced Diversity and what that means for your company or portfolio.
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
NAAC National Asian American Coalition
Deputy Managing Director
NAAC CDFI is a California based non profit that is certified by the US Department of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and a HUD approved counseling agency. The mission is to provide financial solutions to the entire population of people, not just individuals that are able to meet today’s stringent documentation guidelines. We specifically aim to empower small business and LMII communities by providing access to capital at prime rates. We offer solutions geared towards those affected by covid-19 and businesses who have not been able to participate in SBA & Federal PPP Programs
Education
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship
Activities and societies: Net Impact
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Management Certificate, Riordan MBA Fellow
Activities and societies: Finance Director
Bentley University
Bachelor’s Degree, Economics & Finance
Activities and societies: Intramural Basketball, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated.
Creative Skills
Speaker Topics
- Sources of Capital & Access
- Capital Stacking
- Entrepreneurship
- How to Pool Black Capital
- Economic Empowerment
- The EQUITY in Diversity & Inclusion
- Wealth Building
- Supplier Diversity
- Bank Underwriting
- How to Connect to Black Businesses
- Fin-Technology (FinTech)
- Personal and Business Credit Building
- Business, Hip-Hop, Media
- Black Advancement
Volunteering
Jun 2022 - Present
Regional California Black Chamber of Commerce
Executive Advisory Planning CommitteeExecutive
The Executive Advisory Planning Committee is a standing committee with goals of insuring the visibility of the Regional California Black Chamber of Commerce to the public in multiple formats. The 18th Annual Business Summit will be held at the Penthouse Floor Hyatt Regency Hotel (LAX) on June 17th, 2022. For business opportunities, please email rcbccadvisoryplanning@gmail.com.
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