From Policy to Possibility: How Opportunity Zones Are Reshaping Communities
In this episode, Ross Baird shares how long-term optimism and Opportunity Zones are transforming overlooked communities through place-based investment and bipartisan innovation.
Reflecting on 2024, Embracing 2025, and Redefining Capital for Good
We’re back with new energy and shared hosting duties. In this milestone 80th episode, Bryce, Brian, and TJ reflect on the podcast's origins, Access Ventures' core values, and their shared commitment to influencing capital for good. From the power of relationships to the exciting launch of the AV Foundation, this episode offers insights into our unique approach to investment, community building, and human flourishing.
Wasted Wealth is Wasted Impact with AWM Capital
In this episode of More Than Profit, we talk with two former professional athletes (and brothers) who are now certified wealth experts. Erik Averill (@erikaverill) and Brandon Averill (@brandonaverill) had become convinced that the traditional model of financial advice for athletes was broken.
Empowering First-Time Fund Managers with Maegan Moore
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce Butler and new co-host, Brian McKay, talk with Maegan Moore, Director at Catalyze, a national initiative democratizing access to capital, networks, and resources for the next generation of Capital Entrepreneurs who are moving capital in innovative and inspiring ways.
Operationalizing Your Values with Scott Koloms
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Scott Koloms, President and CEO of Facilities Management Services, the first b-corp certified janitorial company in the world and Founder of Canopy, a nonprofit working to create a more vibrant and relevant Kentucky economy that serves all folks and takes care of our beautiful landscape.
How DeFi Can Be Used For Social Good with Mike Sall & Blake West
On this month’s special episode of More Than Profit, TJ Abood, Chief Investment Officer, of Access Ventures steps in as guest host and talks with the co-founders of Goldfinch, Mike Sall and Blake West. Goldfinch is working to expand access to capital using crypto to enable more financial inclusion. Goldfinch’s decentralized credit protocol allows anyone to become a lender to organizations in a way that banks simply can’t today.
Innovative Capital with Alexandre Lazarow
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Alexandre Lazarow, Partner, Head of North America for Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital fund with over $4 billion in assets under management, and a global footprint including San Francisco, New York, Paris, Munich, Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Shanghai. Alexandre is also the author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley.
Crypto Loans Without Collateral With Blake West
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Blake West, cofounder of Goldfinch, a credit platform for cryptocurrency loans. As a software engineer, Blake saw great potential in cryptocurrency as all aspects of life became increasingly more digital and as people were seeking to do something with their cryptocurrency instead of letting it sit in an account.
Building Relationship Capital With Melanie Audette
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Melanie Audette, Senior Vice President of Mission Investors Exchange. Melanie is passionate about living a life of service and believes that impact and financial return are not mutually exclusive. Melanie helps connect investors who have similar investment goals in their communities.
Investing For Resilient Communities With Janet McKinley
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Janet McKinley, founder of Advance Global Capital. Janet grew up embracing the opportunities before her, always seeking to learn as much as possible. After working in investing for a while, she decided to focus her investment strategy on women and began lending to women in Vietnam.
Rooted in Values and Pursuing Market Returns with Liesel Pritzker Simmons
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Liesel Pritzker Simmons, co-founder of the Blue Haven Initiative, an investment office seeking to generate strong financial return from a diversified portfolio that focuses on creating social and environmental change. Liesel highlights the importance of being choosy with how to invest.
An Introduction To Conscious Construction with Robert Kim and TJ Abood
Welcome to More Than Profit Season 3! In this episode, Bryce talks with Robert Kim, Senior Client Advisor at The CapRock Group and TJ Abood, Chief Investment Officer at Access Ventures. The trio discuss the idea behind the theme of this season of More Than Profit: “Consciously Constructing More Dynamic Portfolios.”
Blockchain's Social Impact with Robby Greenfield and TJ Abood
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with TJ Abood and Robby Greenfield. TJ is a Partner with Bryce at Access Ventures and oversees our entire investment strategy. Our current venture thesis is built upon the idea that blockchain technology is one of the best vehicles for social impact and was an evolution from our earliest days of venture investing in technology for social good.
The Impact of Full Spectrum Capital with Stephanie Gripne
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Stephanie Gripne, CEO of Impact Finance Center, a multi-university nonprofit academic center that identifies, trains, and activates philanthropists and investors to become impact investors. She is also the creative force behind the National Impact Investing Marketplace with a goal to catalyze $1 Trillion in investment capital into social ventures by replicating and scaling infrastructure that was piloted in Colorado.
Pioneering Better Investing With Fran Seegull
In this episode, Bryce interviews Fran Seegull, the Executive Director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. She discusses how ideas about impact investing have evolved over the past two decades and how her contrarian spirit led her to be ahead of others who were thinking about the relationship between impact and investment.
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is With Jay Lipman
On this episode, Bryce talks with Jay Lipman, Co-founder and President of Ethic. Ethic is a data driven technology platform that creates sustainable passive investments for institutional investors and is an Access Ventures portfolio company. Jay walks through the impact the decisions we make every day have on the world and how to be more intentional and ethical about how you go about making them.
Building A Foundation With Jim Sorenson
On this episode, Bryce sits down with Jim Sorenson of the Sorenson Impact Foundation which invests in innovative, scalable solutions to the world’s most pressing needs. They talk about his family, the impact they’ve had on him, and how the things he has learned from his parents have influenced the way he built his business. Jim shares how this has been true for him on this episode of More Than Profit.
New Capitalism with Jean Case
In our first episode of More Than Profit, we talk with Jean Case, the first female chairman of the National Geographic Society and CEO of the and . We discuss her childhood, the series of pivots and failures she faced before her career success, and what new capitalism means to her.