SanPete Financial Group

03/28/2026

Early this morning, the Artemis II crew departed Ellington Field for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center, sent off with a fantastic celebration by the Johnson workforce. Teams lined up along the streets, cheering on the crew and showing what makes the NASA family so special.

We are ALL IN as we prepare for this next giant leap to the Moon. Go Reid, Victor, Christina, Jeremy, Andre, and Jenni!

04/02/2025

SanPete Financial Group, a venture capital private equity firm, specializes in terrestrial and space infrastructure, disruptive technology, and alternative financing. Founders seeking capital can pitch their ideas on April 24th and 25th. Register for free to attend the event: https://lnkd.in/gSMXid7c

Here's how we invest in startups:
- LP check size: $1,000,000 – $75,000,000
- Fund types: VC Funds, Real Estate Funds, Private Equity Funds, Accelerators
- Fund managers: New Fund Managers (Fund I), Emerging Fund Managers (Fund II)
- Company check size: $5,000,000 – $5,000,000,000
- Company stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
- Invest geo: Globally – everywhere, US, Canada, UK, Africa, Asia Pacific
- Sectors: AI, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, Biotech, ClimateTech, Energy, Deep tech, Cybersecurity, SpaceTech, PropTech / Real Estate, Education

Join me and over 1,000 investors (Family Offices, FoFs, angels, LPs & GPs of VC/PE/RE funds) at the Capital Networking Virtual Conference hosted by Pog. Register now to connect with potential investors for your company or fund: inniches.com/c?1314

02/23/2025

Warren Buffett recently cited the fact that Berkshire paid zero income tax in the decade before he took over in 1965 as a sure sign the investment was a mistake, but over time the amount Berkshire pays to the IRS has grown along with the conglomerate to hit $26.8 billion last year — “far more in corporate income tax than the U.S. government had ever received from any company — even the American tech titans that commanded market values in the trillions.”

10/25/2024

New Records for Lending to Small Businesses

The SBA released its 2024 Capital Impact Report, showing that the agency increased its lending to small businesses to a record high $56 billion in FY 2024—a 50% increase over FY 2020. Further, SBA provided over 100,000 small business financings last year—the most in over 15 years. Since FY 2020, SBA has increased lending to underserved businesses including a:

3x increase in loans to Black-owned businesses
2.5x increase in loans to Latino-owned businesses
2x increase in loans to women-owned businesses
2x increase in small dollar loans (loans of less than $150,000)
Increasing Access to Federal Contracting Opportunities

The SBA is proposing new regulations to increase small business participation on multiple award contracts, a popular buying tool used for over 20 percent of all contracting by the Federal Government. The proposed rule will require agencies to set aside orders made under these contracts when two or more small business contract holders are expected to submit competitive offers. Multiple award contracts allow agencies to meet mission needs in a timely, cost-effective manner by awarding task and delivery orders to contract holders using streamlined competitions.

SBA backed over 100,000 small business financings this year—the most in over 15 years Today, Vice President Harris announced that the Small Business

10/16/2024

Former President Jimmy Carter voiced one remaining wish as he neared 20 months in hospice care, and he just fulfilled it.

The former president, who turned 100 on Oct. 1, previously revealed to family that he had one last goal before he dies: "I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris," Jimmy said, according to grandson Jason Carter.

On Wednesday, Oct. 16, his wish came true. The longest-living U.S. president filled out a ballot for Harris, 59, which was placed in a dropbox at the Sumter County Courthouse near his hometown of Plains, Ga., Jason and Chip Carter confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/jimmy-carter-fulfills-wish-and-votes-for-kamala-harris/HTE7BVP3AZDIJJNZE3XPYPNGXI/ #

The former president, who turned 100 earlier this month, said he wanted to live long enough to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee.

09/28/2024

Rich Julien and Right Honourable Yvonne E. Gamble spoke on National Technology Alliance Podcast "Space Commercialization Getting Someone Else to Pay For It". Moderated by Jonathan Jakischa Senior Manager: Open Innovation Programs | TechConnect/TechConnect Ventures Division.

The commercialization of space is the growing involvement of private companies in the development and exploration of space. Some ways that the government supports the commercialization of space include:

NASA's mission is to encourage the commercial use of space, and they do this by ensuring that their contractors and partners have the maximum legal rights to their investments. NASA also funds a variety of commercial space initiatives.

Federal support: The U.S. government supports the development of new vehicles, launch infrastructure, and vehicle technologies. However, the government does not directly subsidize the commercial space transportation industry.

Deregulation: Federal deregulation has helped the U.S. commercial space sector flourish.

No longer the exclusive realm of national space agencies, commercial entities of all sizes and interests are reaching up to put their tech into Lower Earth O...

09/17/2024

In North America, Canada tops the region with RBC at No. 10, and a total of seven banks among the 100 safest. In the United States, the Federal Farm Credit banks fell up to eight places each following Fitch’s August downgrade of the US sovereign rating. Still, they remain the highest-ranking institutions in the US, which has 10 banks on the list, the most of any one country.

Institutions in the bottom half of the top 100 show increased regional representation. These banks upped the tally for the Asia-Pacific region adding 18 banks, largely from China and South Korea, for an overall total of 26 institutions in the top 100, and reflects four additional UAE domiciled banks for a total of five overall.

It also includes banks in new regions notably in Central and Eastern Europe with Komercni Banka of the Czech Republic and ING Bank Slaski in Poland, and in Latin America with Scotiabank Chile.

World’s Safest Banks 2023—Global Top 100 | Global Finance Magazine

09/11/2024

My Mother Matilda Beard always told my Sister Jeanette Williams and me to "Be Your Own Self Woman". Now a remarkable woman aligned to be the First Woman to become President of the United States of America "Is Her Own Woman".

A vice president is expected to never disagree with the president in public. But as a candidate to succeed her boss, she must also make a case for her own accomplishments.

07/18/2024

SanPete Financial Group's CEO Yvonne Gamble will once again be joining the Smart Cities Connect Conference as a Review Panelist & Key Speaker.

Smart Cities Connect Connect Conference and Expo leads the nation in gathering city leaders for meaningful discussion and collaboration. Find us in Austin, Texas from December 3-5, and make more of your experience as an exhibitor!

Exhibition Benefits:
Showcase your solutions to 300+ city decision makers
Central place from which to host meetings and draw the networking to you
Booth packages that include full-conference and exhibit staff registrations
Receive immediate feedback from peers, city leaders, and investors
8 hours of hand-shaking, deal-making time with 1500+ attendees
A 8’x10’ blank canvas where you can install your brand story
Inclusion in official show guide, website and mobile app, with a company description

To learn more about the opportunity for your company to exhibit at the largest city leader gathering in North America, connect with Richard Erb [email protected]

05/16/2024

It would appear that ATT made it to space first as AT&T and AST SpaceMobile enter a commercial agreement to provide their first space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones.

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile enter a commercial agreement to provide their first space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones.

05/15/2024

Its not easy, the F1 visa allows bringing only spouses and kids under a dependent F2 visa, but parents also have the option to move to the US through the EB-5 program.

The EB-5 program – the US investment immigration program that’s been working since 1990, not only allows parents to be with a child, its also provides whole families with a Green Card and a clear pathway to citizenship.

Costs of the EB-5 program
The investment amount starts from $800,000, plus non-refundable additional expenses of $100,000 – 200,000. The investment must create at least 10 new jobs. You can opt for setting up your own business, or as the majority of investors do – invest with a Regional Center, which takes care of necessary documentation, monitors the projects and represents the foreign investors’ interest in the project.

EB-5 program gives an option to parents to stay closer to children while they are studying in the US.