Access Ventures - Press

Two GSE Teams Awarded The Reconstruct Challenge Awards

Access Ventures’ Reconstruct Challenge is a prize competition based in Louisville, Kentucky that finds and funds innovations that are working to solve some of the community's biggest challenges and create lasting positive impact. To date, the Reconstruct Challenge has fu...

12 September 2023

Cornbread Hemp® and Fresh Thyme Market™ Partnering to Make Full Spectrum CBD Products Available Across All 70 Locations

Cornbread Hemp, the leading producer of USDA organic CBD gummies, announced today that it has partnered with Fresh Thyme Market, making its products available in all 70 stores across the Midwest.

SoLo Funds, peer-to-peer loan platform for underserved banking consumers, is expanding to Nigeria

Render Competition now accepting applications Email Facebook

Render Capital announced that its Render Competition is now accepting applications.

There's now an app to help Louisville's homeless population

WLKY Interview with Bryce and Chris

10 March 2023

Meet the five winners of Render's $100K Reconstruct Challenge

Five innovations were selected for the 2022 Reconstruct Challenge.The national prize competition, hosted by Render in collaboration with Access Ventures and the UofL Health Equity Innovation Hub, is focusing on eliminating barriers to employment in the Louisville region ...

10 March 2023

Render Capital to launch angel investor network in January

The Louisville-based venture firm has partnered with the Angel Capital Association to host a 9-week course for those interested in angel investing,

10 March 2023

Cornbread Hemp launches crowdfunding campaign to complete $2M raise

A fast-growing CBD startup has secured fresh capital from investors.

10 March 2023

Xena Intelligence sees big growth after move to Louisville

As one of about 80 approved software developers, Amazon.com gives Xena Intelligence CEO Akhil Suresh Nair the contact information of every seller — and their sales figures on the e-commerce platform.

10 March 2023

Render Capital giving $500K to Community Ventures support minority, women entrepreneurs

Kentucky nonprofit Community Ventures has partnered with Render Capital to assist underserved entrepreneurs in growing and expanding their businesses.

10 March 2023