In The News

  • Tracy Gray featured in “Financing Themselves: Funding Landscape Lacks in Diversity.”
    October 28, 2024
  • Tracy Gray featured in Bank of America Women & Minority Business Owner Spotlight
    October 19, 2024
  •  Quality Jobs Fund and Kresge Foundation Invest Millions in The 22 Fund for Climate Justice
    September 19, 2023
  • “If you want to find an alpha in your fund, ignore people of color and people on the front lines of climate disasters at your peril,” Tracy Gray tells Alan Neuhauser of Axios Pro.

    August 24, 2023
  • The U.S. Department of Commerce’s ITA and The 22 Fund Sign First of Its Kind Agreement
    June 22, 2023
  • The 22’s Tracy Gray included in Business Insider’s “The 30 rising star VCs in Los Angeles, according to other VCs”. 
    June 22, 2023
  •  The 22 Fund AnnouncesMulti-Million Dollar Investments from Ally Financial and 4S Bay to Create Sustainable High-Tech U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
    February 1, 2023
  • The 22’s Tracy Gray included in Business Insider’s “The 32 most important VCs in Los Angeles, according to other VCs”  
    January 24, 2023
  • EXIM Bank Can Be A ‘Gamechanger’ For Women Entrepreneurs Exporting – 6 Tips 
    December 19, 2022
  • The 22’s Tracy Gray appointed to EXIM Bank’s Council on Advancing Women in Business
    The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today announced the appointment of its newest members to the four subcommittees of EXIM’s Advisory Committee. The subcommittees are the: Council on Climate, Council on China Competition, and two newly formed subcommittees, the Council on Advancing Women in Business, and Council on Small Business.
    Tracy Gray, Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 was appointed to the Council on Advancing Women in Business.

https://www.exim.gov/news/export-import-bank-united-states-announces-members-2022-2023-advisory-councils

https://www.exim.gov/leadership-governance/advisory-committees/council-advancing-women-business

September 12, 2022

  • The 22 Fund Secure $5 Million Catalytic Investment from MassMutual
    Yet another milestone for The 22. We welcome MassMutual as our newest LP.
    April 7, 2022
  • Honoring the Living History of Tracy Gray – Celebrating Black History Month
    The expression “It’s not rocket science” is used to say something is not complicated, but most people saying it are not rocket scientists, so how would we really know?
    February 17, 2022
  • The 22 Fund Closes Multi-Million Dollar Equity Investments from Bank of America, Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation to Support Diverse Entrepreneurs, Clean U.S. Manufacturing and Jobs of the Future
    Bank of America and Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation Join a Growing Group of Investors in The 22 looking for significant environmental, social and economic impact in under-resourced communities
    January 27, 2022
  • Changing The Capital Flow Paradigm For BIPOC Female VC Fund Founders
    October 20, 2021
  • Amazing Women of Color VCs [The State of Black Tech: Funding]
    Not all heroes wear capes, some just champion the causes worth fighting for! In this video, catch Tracy Gray, the Managing Partner of the 22 Fund takes us through notable allies of the Black Tech Ecosystem in the Venture Capital sphere.
    May 21, 2021
  • ImpactAssets and the Clio Fund Invests in The 22 Fund
    Partnership will lead to creating the clean, quality jobs of the future in underserved communities
    February 25, 2021
  • What’s Next? Envisioning An Equitable Post Covid Economy With Tracy Gray

    July 30, 2020

  • 22 Fund Backs Manufacturers Led by Women, Minorities
    July 20, 2020
  • The Eco Echo: Tracy Gray, VC and Founder of The 22 Fund on Racism, Sexism, Blackwashing and Fearlessness
    July 18, 2020
  • Criterion InstituteQ&A with The 22 Fund’s Tracy Gray: Catalyzing Systemic Change in Impact Investing and Venture Capital
    July 14, 2020
  • Tracy Gray – Venture Capital’s Diversity Problem – BBC World Service Broadcast
    July 14, 2020
  • Monica Dodi – Harvard Business School Podcast, The Case for Funding Female Entrepreneurs
    December 5, 2019