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Columbus Receives First Kiva Fellow To Help Small Businesses

Over the next 12 months, Reese Neader, a native of Columbus, Ohio, will be working as a Kiva Fellow to help engage the people of Columbus by building a community of trustees, borrowers, and lenders on an online platform called Kiva Zip. Kiva Fellowships are typically 4...

9 June 2015

Second Louisville Kiva Fellow starting June 1st

In November of 2014 Louisville became the 9th Kiva City ahead of both NYC and San Francisco scheduled to launch later in 2015. In just one year the Louisville region has seen over $170,000 in 0% interest loans to small businesses through the Kiva Zip platform.

1 April 2015

The 9th Kiva City In America

Kiva announced the launch of Kiva City Louisville on November 24, 2014. Access Ventures was one of the many strategic partners in launching Louisville as the 9th Kiva City in America.

10 March 2015

USChia receives "Growth Loan” from Access Ventures

There are great companies out there who could be creating value and jobs for our community at a faster pace with greater access to capital within the first 3 years of operations. As part of a holistic vision for venture philanthropy, Access Ventures has created two new ...

2 March 2015

CreativeMornings Is Coming To Louisville

Louisville has been selected as the 101st CreativeMornings city in the world. Starting in January 2015, CreativeMornings Louisville will be hosting breakfast and a short talk from a featured speaker one Friday morning a month led by a local volunteer organizer and their...

First Recipient of Access Venture's New "Growth Loan" is Misc. Goods Co.

There are great companies out there who could be creating value and jobs for our community at a faster pace with greater access to capital within the first 3 years of operations. As part of a holistic vision for venture philanthropy, Access Ventures has created two new ...

David Taliaferro Becomes Kiva Fellow

David Taliaferro of Access Ventures has been accepted as a Kiva Fellow, and will be instrumental in establishing Kiva Zip, Kiva’s newest platform, in the city of Louisville.

15 June 2014