​Our mission is to "Narrow the historical disparity of early stage capital investment in growth businesses led by underrepresented entrepreneurs through advanced education and skills training designed to successfully access private growth capital.”

​TMF’s thought leadership and programs provide entrepreneurs with unique access to experts, investors, mentors and peers to transform their businesses.
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Accessing Capital: 

The TMF sponsors private investor roundtables and facilitates meet ups for graduates of our training programs. We also sponsor affiliated for-profit and professionally managed, locally based private early stage growth Funds to directly assist qualifying program graduates and other qualifying underrepresented entrepreneurs in funding their growth aspirations. In September 2018, TMF and the Washington DC Deputy Mayor’s Office of Planning and Economic Development (“DMPED”) collectively sponsored the DC Inclusive Innovation Fund, LP (“DCIIF”) www.dciif.com. DCIIF is anticipated to be operational sometime in the second quarter of 2019.

Developing Talent:  ​Marathon Training for Entrepreneurs

​Creating Deals:  Unique Opportunities from our ecosystem

To ensure the development of TMF's entrepreneurs, we offer activities and programs that enhance knowledge and encourage the sharing of best practices, research, and industry trends. These programs include: 

• Pre-seed Capital Access Program (PCAP)
• Seed Capital Access Program (SCAP)
• Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP)

Marathon's thought leadership and programs create a vibrant
eco-system of diverse professional entrepreneurs, investors and
industry supporters where differentiated deal flow opportunities are created and helped to flourish.