Application

Thank you for your interest in Ebiara–a fund that supports Black and Brown developers in Detroit.

Thank you for your interest in Ebiara. Before meeting with the team to discuss your firm, please complete the pre-application below. In this form, you will be asked for the following information:

  • Contact information for yourself and your firm (if you currently have one)

  • Questions confirming your fit and eligibility for funding

  • Information about your real estate development firm and team

  • Data about your development experience, including past real estate projects

  • Information about your current and future real estate projects

  • Documents

    • Firm overview with growth strategy

    • One pager on previous developments

    • Bios/Resumés for each team member identified above

    • Upcoming Project: Budget with Sources and Uses

    • Upcoming Project: Development Timeline

Once you submit the pre-application, an Ebiara team member will review the information and schedule a follow-up call with you to discuss next steps.

If you have any questions about the pre-application or process, please contact the Ebiara team member you’ve been working with or email us at info@ebiara.com.

Ebiara

Ebiara Pre-Application

Thank you for your interest in Ebiara; a Fund that supports Black and Brown developers in Detroit.

Invest Detroit Foundation has formed Ebiara Developer Fund I LLC to invest in and provide technical assistance to emerging real estate development firms, including firms owned at least 51% by individuals who are either black, Indigenous and people of color, to accelerate such firms ability to scale and create greater economic impact in distressed and underserved communities in the City of Detroit (the “Fund”).  The Fund has retained The URGE Imprint, LLC to provide day to day managerial and administrative services with respect to the Fund.

Please fill out the following contact information and answer the questions below to confirm your fit to begin the application process. If yes, you'll be asked a series of additional questions about you, your experience, potential projects and asked to upload a few documents.

Only completed forms can be considered. Partially completed applications will not be saved, and if you close this window or navigate to another page prior to submission the data will be lost.  If you have any questions about the form, email us at info@ebiara.com.
Contact Information










Developer Firm Information






Key Team Member
Please provide the names of your top key members, including managem.ent and C-level employees.




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Impact Metrics
Please answer the following questions to support mission alignment for our organization.  Answer these questions from the business owner(s) perspective. If there are multiple owners, please answer these questions so that the responses represent 50% or more of the business ownership.







Developer Experience




Supporting Documents
The following documents will be required throughout the process and we encourage you to submit as many as you have now.  If you have the following documents, please submit them:





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