Texas
Marketplace
Commonwealth's key value proposition is increasing high quality deal flow for our investors.
Read below to learn more about our leading opportunities in Texas.
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Lionheart Revolving Launch Fund
Are you concerned about current and future generations leaving the church? Do you want to see every child meet Jesus where they are? Statistically, the vast majority of people will come to know Jesus before the age of 13. Lionheart Children’s Academy wants to plant seeds where the soil is most ready to receive: in the lives of children before the age of 13, and again in the lives of young families when they are in need of childcare and open to spiritual guidance.
Portfolio Companies
Commonwealth is a direct equity or debt investor in the following companies:
Impact Stories
Watch Ruben Mauricio make the winning pitch at our Returning Citizens pitch competition.
Cowboys nominate Jaylon Smith for Walter Payton Man of the Year
Events
PITCH COMPETITION 2020
Minority Entrepreneurship
Dallas Cowboys at The Star | Frisco, TX
On July 10, 2020, Commonwealth co-hosted the MEI Texas Showcase featuring:
$600,000 in impact investing capital
147 minority entrepreneurs competed from 42 Texas cities
30+ companies qualified for the MEI Texas Marketplace totaling over $13 million in deal flow
PITCH COMPETITION 2019
Returning Citizens
George W. Bush Presidential Library | Dallas, TX
1ST PLACE
RPM Diesel Repair
2ND PLACE
FSO Construction & Management
3RD PLACE
Cherokee Acres Homes
On November 20th, 2019, PEP hosted the “Barbed Wire to Business Accelerator—Fueling Growth through Impact Investing” at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The event showcased three Prison Entrepreneurship Program graduate-owned companies. Sharks included Mark Holden (Koch Industries), Biggs Burke (record executive and film producer), Doug Deason (Dallas investor), and Joe Horford (PEP Pennsylvania founder).
President Bush used his 2004 State of the Union address to proclaim that “America is a place of second chances.” PEP was founded that same year. Click the image to read the chapter, “To Rescue and Restore” from Jay Hein’s book, The Quiet Revolution.
Sagamore Solutions
Sagamore Institute is Commonwealth's think tank partner providing research and consulting to strengthen the Texas market. Please see some of these stories below.
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Commonwealth formed an operating partnership with the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) to create a venture fund for Second Chance businesses. Since 2004, PEP has produced the nation’s leading results in the prison rehabilitation industry by dramatically reducing return-to-prison rates while considerably increasing employment rates and business ownership. Click the image to learn more.
Sagamore-Baylor Research Partnership
Sagamore senior fellow Byron Johnson is director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, TX. At Sagamore, Dr. Johnson leads the think tank’s “Faith and Justice” research agenda. Baylor ISR and Sagamore continue to expand on these themes through a series of research projects investigating the faith factor in American society. Click the image to learn more about Johnson's work.
