Mary-Anne Anderson

Director of Amali Capital 

Mary-Anne has been a small business operator since the 80’s and some years of experience as a solo-founder.  The entrepreneurship journey is not unfamiliar.

Joining the global SheEO community (now Coralus) in 2018 as an Activator and discovering the still persistent obstacles women face in accessing capital to grow their enterprises, rather than sitting complaining about the finance industry, she decided to dive in and do something about it.

It all started with one small commercial loan to a woman founder.  The experience was powerful, transformative for both the business owner receiving the funding and for Mary-Anne herself.  It started her on a mission to not only do more commercial loans, but to contribute towards shifting the system – one that is entrenched in power and control,  blocking women routinely from accessing capital. Amali Capital was created.  Amali is experimental finance working with women in the Coralus community.  It is intended to be supportive, catalytic, non-dilutive, non-extractive, low documentation and flexible, to work with the capital requirements of founders and their enterprises, in partnerships towards systems shifts.

A group of those early SheEO Activators now work together as WOELF (Women Owned Enterprises Loan Fund), forging ahead with advocacy to government, corporates and philanthropists, seeking out partnerships to undertake pilot loan funds and shift outcomes for women in small business.

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