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Two well-experienced business women came together in the middle of 2020, during a global pandemic that decimated small businesses, particularly women- and minority- owned small businesses, to create Jade Lending.
Their business history, in particular challenges they met on the way to success, motivated them to want to address the fundamental, systemic challenges that limit the success of small businesses.
Jade Lending is women-owned and women-led. The diversity of the entrepreneurs in whom the fund invests is reflected in the diversity of the investors, advisors and investor committee including black, brown, indigenous Indian, LatinX, women, and people with disabilities.
is a serial entrepreneur with over 35 years in business. Ms. Peele was the founder/CEO of Blue Diamond Worldwide Transportation, the largest woman-owned luxury transportation company in the South. Currently, Ms. Peele is owner/CEO of Mako Documents, a division of a multi-million dollar medical organization, that stores, scans, shreds and manages a broad range of health information including medical and business records and radiology films.
Since 2014, Ms. Peele’s passions include helping women-owned businesses, facilitating Athena of the Triangle, a non-profit organization, and providing mentoring programs for women. Ms. Peele also chairs the Triangle Women Presidents’ Organization. The WPO is the ultimate affiliation for successful women entrepreneurs of privately held multimillion-dollar companies. Ms. Peele is a seasoned public speaker and community organizer. In 2010, she founded and facilitated the Triangle Ladies Power Lunch, a networking luncheon that spotlights women superstars in business.
