About This Fund
Impact America Fund III, LP is a $112 million early-stage venture capital and impact fund managed by Impact America Fund, a 100% Black female-owned investment firm headquartered in Oakland, California. The fund closed in June 2023, at which point the firm's total assets under management reached $177 million across its fund family. General Partner Kesha Cash founded Impact America Fund in 2015 with the thesis that technology-enabled businesses serving Black and Brown workers, families, and small businesses in the United States represent both a significant market opportunity and a pathway to expanding economic agency for underserved communities. The fund is widely recognised as one of the first and most influential impact venture vehicles targeting this demographic, with a track record of market-rate returns combined with measurable social impact outcomes.
Impact America Fund III invests at the Seed through Series A stages in technology-enabled businesses that create expanded economic participation for communities of colour across five thematic areas: financial inclusion and wealth-building, healthcare access and affordability, future of work and economic mobility, consumer technology, and housing and community development. The fund plans to invest in approximately 30 companies per fund cycle, with a deliberate preference for founders who have lived experience within the communities they serve — a sourcing and diligence principle that the firm believes produces better founders, stronger community fit, and more durable businesses. The fund targets market-rate financial returns while tracking rigorous impact metrics aligned with its economic empowerment thesis.
Impact America Fund III attracted a distinguished roster of institutional limited partners that underscores the depth of market recognition for the firm's approach. Anchor investors included MassMutual, Health Forward Foundation, Cambridge Associates, Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates), and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. New investors in Fund III included Deutsche Bank, Marguerite Casey Foundation, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management-advised funds, while returning investors included the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (committed $5 million), and the California Wellness Foundation. This LP base reflects broad validation from leading foundations, insurance companies, and financial institutions of Impact America Fund's differentiated access, underwriting capability, and social return thesis.