Regional Capital Strategy
To catalyze regional growth by mobilizing blended capital that supports entrepreneurs in building resilient businesses and expanding local prosperity.
The Nation’s First Community Round Match Fund
For 80 years, U.S. securities laws prevented the vast majority of Americans from investing in startups. Retail investors could invest in public companies like Starbucks on Wall Street, but not in their neighborhood coffee shops on Main Street. They could “invest” $10,000 on the spin of a roulette wheel in Vegas or a horse in the Kentucky Derby, but not in their friend’s tech startup. They could “back” a startup on Kickstarter, but they couldn’t own that startup’s equity.
Rebuilding Neighborhood Economics
This study is designed to show how investing in low-income neighborhoods that are in paths of growth can benefit community residents, investors, and the diverse funders involved. It is an exploration of Access Ventures’ work thus far in Shelby Park, a small city neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky.
Growth Loan Playbook
This playbook is an open-sourced culmination of the steps we took and lessons we learned in building a community-first, character lending process. We designed the Growth Loan as part of a larger strategy to make our local economy more accessible to all.
Reconstruct Challenge Playbook
Faulty systems have contributed to the exclusion of a significant portion of the US population from our economy. From employment and criminal justice to our housing infrastructure and healthcare, systemic flaws perpetuate inequality and hinder upward mobility. This playbook outlines our decision-making and lessons learned as we developed the Reconstruct Challenge with venture philanthropy principles in mind.