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Access Ventures Invests in Bright Funds

We are excited to announce that we recently invested in San Francisco-based Bright Funds.

28 September 2016

Village Capital Investments Announced

Last week, we mentioned our involvement as an equity sponsor of the 2015 Village Capital FinTech Cohort. We pre-committed $50,000 to the top-two peer-selected companies within the cohort, and we are excited to announce the companies selected were Quotanda and Student Loa...

28 July 2016

Kiva Louisville Celebrates 50th Loan

Kiva, the non-profit platform that crowdfunds 0% microloans for small businesses, will soon fund its 50th local loan. Supporters celebrated that fact in a gathering at theCommunity Foundation of Louisville on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

28 October 2015

The Park Celebrates One Year

One year ago Access Ventures purchased and renovated an abandoned repair shop and turned it The Park, a co-working community in Shelby Park. The Park was created to provide access to affordable workspace and a new path for workers looking for a nontraditional office envi...

26 October 2015

New Shelby Park Mural

We are excited to announce that we have recently commissioned Gibbs Rounsavall, a Louisville artist and teacher at Fairdale High School, to design and paint our third mural in Louisville’s Shelby Park neighborhood.

11 August 2015

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...