Connective Capital plays a critical role in our continued growth and success, but it also has the potential to positively impact society. As connectors and investors, we have the opportunity to lift up individuals, institutions, and communities. We’re committed to reinvesting a portion of all earnings back into organizations driving social change.
We invest with leaders and organizations in communities of color who are working to restore economic activity and preserve their vibrant cultures.
We are catalyzing a thriving, 1.3 square mile ecosystem of collaboration, innovation, and economic growth surrounding our headquarters in Oklahoma City.
We partner with colleges and universities to create career development and other learning opportunities in the cities where we live, work, and invest.
October 9, 2022
Oklahoma City, long guided by waves of corporate leaders, is seeing a new, younger generation lining up behind aging baby boomers and reshaping their community economically, culturally and philanthropically. Chad Richison, 51, Christian Kanady, 43, and Bob Funk Jr., 47, are among a growing number of Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1980) who are taking Oklahoma City in a new direction where oil and gas is giving way to a new, more diverse economy.
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September 2, 2022
Today, President Biden will announce the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster as one of 21 winners of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge, the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades. Funded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Regional Challenge is awarding approximately $35 million in grants to the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster, led by the Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation, to expand the biotechnology industry in the Oklahoma City region.
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