Since 1998, i2E has been a driving force behind the growth of Oklahoma's entrepreneurial ecosystem, helping to build, launch, and scale over 850 startups across the state, which have raised over $1.24 billion in private capital, generated $2.12 billion in revenues and created over 4,000 jobs. It is a venture development organization for tech-based entrepreneurs, and which provides commercialization services on behalf of the State of Oklahoma. The OKC Minority Founder Accelerator is a 10-week experience designed to accelerate OKC's minority entrepreneurship ecosystem by supporting BIPOC founders of high growth and main street business concepts in the metro area with potential. This grant supported founders who completed the program.