Does Key Bank have a small business pitch contest?

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) – Key Bank is holding a business pitch contest under its Key4Women program to boost women-owned businesses in Oregon and southwest Washington. The small business pitch contest is open to start-ups and small businesses with annual revenues of $3 million or less.

What is the Key Bank entrepreneurship program?

Key Bank partnered with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon and the Portland Thorns for the program and will select the top 10 applicants to pitch their business ideas at Providence Park. With a total prize pool of $50,000, Key Bank will award the grand prize winner $20,000.

What is Key Bank's key4women program?

Key Bank started the Key4Women program in 2005 with a three-year commitment to lend $1 billion to women-owned businesses. Since the program began, Key Bank has lent $12 billion through Key4Women.

How much money has Key Bank lent through key4women?

Since the program began, Key Bank has lent $12 billion through Key4Women. “The program has since evolved, so not only focusing on the capital aspect of it, but really the leadership, the empowerment, the connectivity and the mentorship piece of it,” said Josh Lyons of Key Bank.