A Moneyball Moment for Native Founders: Sinjin Wolf of Wayfinder
For twenty-five years, Sinjin Wolf had a seat in the rooms where large companies make their biggest calls. Microsoft. NYK Line. Teams from McKinsey across the table. What he noticed was not a talent gap. It was that a Fortune 500 executive facing a hard decision gets a team with models and a recommendation, while a Native founder facing a harder one gets far less. He is building Wayfinder to close that distance, from Tokyo, and he says NACIA’s Growth Capital Program is where he found the real problem he needed to solve.
Building Without Compromise: Bernina Gray of nDigitize
For Bernina Gray, building a business was never just about closing the digital divide. It was about who gets to tell the story.
NACIA Growth Capital Program: Year in Review and Looking Ahead
NACIA (Native American Investment and Capital Alliance) is proud to announce the closing of our first NACIA Growth Capital Program. Designed to support Native founders navigating growth with clarity, confidence, and cultural alignment, the program brought together founders, investors, and diverse capital allocators committed to reframing capital as a tool for long-term stewardship.
NACIA Among 50 Leading Partners in NSF Engines Semifinalist Coalition to Drive Water and Energy Innovation Across the Southwest
The Native American Capital and Investment Alliance (NACIA) is proud to announce its role as one of the 50 core organizations in the Energized Watershed coalition, a University of New Mexico (UNM)-led initiative recently named a semifinalist in the 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition.
Centering Culture, Scaling Impact: How Bernina Gray is Reimagining Capital for Indigenous Entrepreneurs
At NACIA, our Growth Capital Program isn’t just about helping Native entrepreneurs raise money—it’s about building futures rooted in culture, sovereignty, and community. One of our standout participants, Bernina Gray, is doing just that. As the founder of nDigitize and visionary behind the Béeso platform, Bernina is on a mission to create digital and financial tools that empower Indigenous entrepreneurs without compromising cultural identity. Her journey so far offers a powerful reflection of what’s possible when values lead the way.
Regenerative Abundance: The Native Food Revolution of Bidii Baby Foods
The red earth tells stories here. So does the corn. Amid the sweeping vistas of the Navajo Nation, where ancestral rhythms of agriculture hum beneath the blaze of contemporary life, a quiet revolution is taking shape. In the shadow of Shiprock, New Mexico, Bidii Baby Foods emerges not merely as a business enterprise but as a reclamation of Indigenous food sovereignty, a profound reimagining of economic development that transcends conventional market attitudes.
NACIA Hosts Inaugural DeepTEK Symposium in Albuquerque
NACIA is proud to announce the inaugural DeepTEK Symposium, taking place from September 11 to 16, 2024. This exclusive, by-invitation event will bring together over 30 Native entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders to explore groundbreaking sustainability solutions rooted in Native American traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).