The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is the only federal agency solely dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises.
The Orlando MBDA Business Center is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and operated by 3D Strategic Management, Inc. Our clients are U.S. minority business enterprises (MBEs) owned and operated by African Americans, Asian Americans, Hasidic Jews, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders with at least 51% control of the business. Services are available at no cost to eligible MBEs who have been in business for at least three years.
MBDA connects entrepreneurs to private lenders, including banks, mutual funds, and investors. With the Agency’s support, minority-owned business gained access to more than $1.6billion in capital in FY19
MBDA produces and promotes information for and about MBEs. In FY19, MBDA helped minority-owned businesses secure $3.1 billion in contracts
MBDA positions minority-owned businesses to perform in high growth industries, emerging markets and global supply chains. The Agency helped MBEs facilitate more than $300 million in export transactions durig FY19