Access Ventures

Access Ventures is a Louisville, Kentucky-based impact investment firm founded in 2013, focusing on creating systemic change in communities to foster a more inclusive economy. The firm invests across various asset classes and sectors, targeting organizations of all sizes, from startups to established enterprises, in the private, public, and social sectors. Access Ventures employs a one-pocket approach to investing, which emphasizes values and mission alignment. The firm provides a range of financial support, including micro and secured loans, grants, equity, quasi-equity, and both public and private debt. Its investment strategy primarily targets organizations engaged in creative arts, innovative finance, strategic real estate, and technology for social good, positioning Access Ventures as a leading voice in reshaping investment practices to benefit all individuals.

Bryce Butler

Managing Partner

Moses Icyishaka

Principal, Investments

Past deals in Kentucky

Resonate Recordings

Debt Financing in 2021
Resonate is an easier way to podcast. Your one-stop shop to create and distribute a professional podcast. We are trained and educated to use innovative technology to help you create a quality podcast that represents your unique creative expression so it will resonate with your listeners. Since 2014 we have been committed to building something bigger than a podcast production company. We’ve accomplished this by bringing together an amazing team of audio engineers and branding creatives, allowing you instant access to the most talented and competent podcasting partner in this industry. We offer a wide range of services to ensure you are able to consistently release high-quality episodes for your podcast with little to no hassle for you. Headquartered in Derby City–Louisville, Kentucky–we are committed to developing partnerships with our clients, not just performing transactions

Kare

Convertible Note in 2021
Kare Mobile Inc. is a Louisville, Kentucky-based company that provides mobile dental services through its innovative application. Founded in 2017, the platform connects patients with dentists based on factors such as location, availability, insurance, and the specific dental procedures required. By utilizing mobile dental units, Kare aims to increase access to oral healthcare and address inequities in dental services, ensuring that individuals from all socioeconomic backgrounds can receive comprehensive care. The company's approach focuses on delivering concierge-style dental treatment on demand, effectively bridging the gap between patients and dental professionals.

FlavorCraft

Debt Financing in 2021
FlavorCraft is a provider of contract and private labeling services for the foodservice industry. It offers guidance, product development, private labeling, nutritional analysis, fulfillment services, logistics, floor stock arrangements, and warehousing services which enables restaurants, food producers, and retailers to respond quickly to market demands, control operating costs and improve business efficiency. The company was founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 2006.

Stay Clean

Equity Crowdfunding in 2021
Stay Clean is a Louisville, Kentucky-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in a cloud-based clinical treatment platform aimed at individuals suffering from substance use disorder. The platform offers therapeutic counseling specifically designed for alcoholics and addicts, helping patients enhance their health and wellness. By addressing negative emotions and providing support, Stay Clean enables users to develop healthier coping mechanisms, steering them away from harmful behaviors, including substance abuse.

Stuccco

Seed Round in 2020
With Stuccco, you can get any room virtually staged or designed in as little as a day, completely disrupting the $5.6B traditional in-person home staging and $114B traditional in-person interior design industries. Offer: Virtual staging Offer description: Realtors® send photos of properties to Stuccco. In 24 hours or less, Stuccco edits those photos (most commonly by adding photo-realistic renderings of furniture and decor to photos of vacant rooms). Realtors® then use these photos to market and sell properties faster and for more money. Price: From $29 per photo Customers: Realtors, home builders and for sale by owners Turnaround time: 12-24 hours Offer: Online interior design Offer description: Homeowners share info about a room in their home that they want designed (such as their budget/style preference/dimensions/etc.) and are matched with a professional online interior designer. The online interior designer then collaborates with the homeowner to design their exact room to spec. Price: From $499 per room Customers: Homeowners and renters Turnaround time: 14 days or less Offer: Stuccco Store Offer description: Retailers of home goods hire Stuccco to build photo-realistic 3D models of their products. Stuccco then uses these renderings when virtually staging and designing homes at the perfect moment (when homeowners are buying and selling homes). Homeowners can then purchase these items. Price: Varies Customers: Homeowners, renters and home goods retailers

BrainSTEM

Pre Seed Round in 2020
BrainSTEM University is an EdTech startup offering a STEAM-based curriculum through our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Unitonomy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Unitonomy specializes in culture management software designed to enhance and transform workplace culture. The company's offerings utilize artificial intelligence to improve communication, fostering connections among employees, aligning them with organizational goals, and facilitating access to internal knowledge. Key products include GetCommit, Glvvv, and OrgVitals, which provide people analytics and trends to monitor collaborative performance, employee experience, and overall organizational culture. Through these solutions, Unitonomy aims to boost productivity and strengthen collaboration within companies.

Unitonomy

Equity Crowdfunding in 2020
Unitonomy specializes in culture management software designed to enhance and transform workplace culture. The company's offerings utilize artificial intelligence to improve communication, fostering connections among employees, aligning them with organizational goals, and facilitating access to internal knowledge. Key products include GetCommit, Glvvv, and OrgVitals, which provide people analytics and trends to monitor collaborative performance, employee experience, and overall organizational culture. Through these solutions, Unitonomy aims to boost productivity and strengthen collaboration within companies.

Cornbread Hemp

Seed Round in 2020
Producer of cannabidiol consumer products intended to promote wellness. The company offers full-spectrum and flower-only hemp products such as gummy, oil, and capsules that are organically grown by local farmers by adhering to health and legal guidelines, enabling users to benefit from natural remedies.

MobileServe

Seed Round in 2017
MobileServe LLC is a mobile application developer headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, specializing in volunteer management for various organizations, including businesses, Greek organizations, non-profits, schools, and universities. Launched in 2015, MobileServe offers a platform that enables users to track, report, and measure their volunteer service hours and social impact within the community. The application allows users to record and verify their service activities, providing comprehensive reports that detail hours worked, dates, times, and locations. It also facilitates connections among users through features like leaderboards and event check-ins, while enabling the sharing of service stories via social media using photos and infographics. By streamlining the communication of social impact, MobileServe fosters greater engagement in volunteerism across diverse groups.

MobileServe

Seed Round in 2016
MobileServe LLC is a mobile application developer headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, specializing in volunteer management for various organizations, including businesses, Greek organizations, non-profits, schools, and universities. Launched in 2015, MobileServe offers a platform that enables users to track, report, and measure their volunteer service hours and social impact within the community. The application allows users to record and verify their service activities, providing comprehensive reports that detail hours worked, dates, times, and locations. It also facilitates connections among users through features like leaderboards and event check-ins, while enabling the sharing of service stories via social media using photos and infographics. By streamlining the communication of social impact, MobileServe fosters greater engagement in volunteerism across diverse groups.
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