Access Ventures

Access Ventures, established in 2013 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a private operating foundation focused on fostering systemic change within communities to create a more inclusive and creative economy. The organization aims to ensure that economic systems work for all individuals, valuing their contributions and fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. With a strong emphasis on values and mission-aligned investing, Access Ventures employs a one-pocket approach to reshape traditional investment methods. The firm invests across various asset classes and sectors, seeking to drive positive social impact while generating financial returns. Through its innovative strategies, Access Ventures is recognized as a significant player in the realm of socially responsible investing.

TJ Abood

Investments Partner

Bryce Butler

Managing Partner

Aaron Reuben

Research Associate

Past deals in Kentucky

EZ Chow

Venture Round in 2021
EZ Chow is a developer of a multi-channel digital ordering platform tailored for restaurants and hospitality organizations. The platform seamlessly integrates with various leading point-of-sale systems and supports multiple payment processing networks. By offering a turnkey ordering experience, EZ Chow allows merchants to maintain direct control over their operations through dynamic tools. This approach enhances brand value and drives sales for restaurant and hospitality businesses, making it easier for them to manage their digital ordering processes efficiently.

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 Mobile

Convertible Note in 2021
Kare Mobile Inc. is a company that provides mobile dental services through a dedicated application. Founded in 2017 and based in Louisville, Kentucky, Kare Mobile connects patients with dentists based on factors such as location, availability, insurance, and the specific dental procedures needed. The platform aims to enhance access to oral healthcare, ensuring that individuals from all socioeconomic backgrounds can receive comprehensive dental care in a convenient and efficient manner through its mobile dental unit.

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 cloud-based clinical treatment platform that offers therapeutic counseling to those suffering from substance use disorder. It provides clinical treatment and therapeutic counseling to alcoholics, addicts, enabling patients to improve health and wellness and coping with negative feelings without resorting to harmful patterns including substance abuse. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company was founded in 2017.

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 University

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 is defining 'culture management software' through its products that help companies change their culture. Using AI, Unitonomy software augments communication to build connections between people, between people and purpose, and between people and internal knowledge. Products include GetCommit, Glvvv, and OrgVitals.

Unitonomy

Equity Crowdfunding in 2020
Unitonomy is defining 'culture management software' through its products that help companies change their culture. Using AI, Unitonomy software augments communication to build connections between people, between people and purpose, and between people and internal knowledge. Products include GetCommit, Glvvv, and OrgVitals.

MobileServe

Seed Round in 2017
MobileServe is a mobile application developer that enables its users to manage volunteerism within their organizations through interactive mobile and web-based applications. It developed a mobile application that allows organizations to communicate their social impact and service to the community quickly, easily, and efficiently. Through its application, users are able to record and verify service work, allowing easy tracking, aggregation, and reporting by individuals, companies, school-groups, fraternities, and more. MobileServe was launched in 2015.

MobileServe

Seed Round in 2016
MobileServe is a mobile application developer that enables its users to manage volunteerism within their organizations through interactive mobile and web-based applications. It developed a mobile application that allows organizations to communicate their social impact and service to the community quickly, easily, and efficiently. Through its application, users are able to record and verify service work, allowing easy tracking, aggregation, and reporting by individuals, companies, school-groups, fraternities, and more. MobileServe was launched in 2015.