Access Ventures
Impact investorLouisville · Pre-Seed–Series B · 7 people tracked
Also known as ACCESS VENTURES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
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Investment thesis
Access Ventures argues that economic agency is shaped by systems and place, and that flourishing regional economies require intentional alignment of capital rather than fragmented, siloed funding. The firm champions blended finance — combining catalytic, philanthropic, public, and private dollars — as infrastructure that absorbs early risk, aligns incentives, and creates durable pathways to ownership and participation. It emphasizes supporting early-stage founders, growth-stage small businesses, and community-rooted enterprises outside established capital hubs, retaining value locally, and building resilience during macro volatility. The approach prioritizes alignment over attraction, shared risk and reward, and coordinated capital as a foundation for durable community flourishing.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 31 of 44 portfolio companiesSaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×9Fintech ×9AI & Machine Learning ×7Cybersecurity ×6Impact & Social Good ×5Marketing Tech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×24United Kingdom×1
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 12023 · 14 dated
Ascent360 is an AI-powered Customer Data Platform (CDP) designed for the hospitality industry that unifies guest data from multiple sources and enables omnichannel marketing automation to drive direct bookings and reduce dependency on online travel agencies.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSGolden, US
Scott Buelter(President and Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersService Provider Capital
Singapore-based venture fund investing in Series A and B+ companies with stakeholder-focused cultures.
Bonusly provides a platform for employee peer recognition, rewards, and culture building, helping teams foster engagement and connection in the workplace.
HR TechSaaS
Raphael Crawford-Marks(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAnkona CapitalBloomberg Beta
Catalyze supports underrepresented and innovative fund managers—capital entrepreneurs—who build institutional investment firms, enabling them to succeed and reshape what gets funded.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsBlue Haven Initiative
Cloud Campaign is a social media management platform with scalable pricing and workflow tools aimed at agencies and brands managing social media services.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSocialBoulder, US
Ryan Born(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRoss Gray(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Eric Kirby(Director)Jason Burby(Director)
BoardKirk Holland(Director)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersKokopelli CapitalService Provider Capital
CommercialTribe is a Denver-based enterprise SaaS company offering video-based sales training and certification software.
Denver, US
Paul J. Ironside(Executive Officer, Director)inNathan Smalley(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFrank Medicino(Director)Joseph R. Zell(Director)John Steward(Director)Kyle Lefkoff(Director)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersCrawley VenturesBoulder VenturesFirstMile VenturesGrotech Ventures
Marathon Fund is an alternative investment manager providing structured credit, direct lending, real estate finance, and specialty finance solutions to institutional clients.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechBoston, US
Bruce Richards(Managing Partner)inLou Hanover(Managing Partner)
Colorado blockchain startup building the FIO protocol for wallet interoperability and easier crypto transactions.
Denver, US
David Gold(Founder)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersBinance Labs
Dapple Security provides data security and privacy features for businesses, built on encryption and data governance technologies.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechCentennial, US
Gadalia Montoya Weinberg O'Brian(Founder/CEO)Gadalia Montoya Weinberg O'Bryan(Founder and CEO)inKeith Bucher(Co-Founder and CTO)inGadalia O'Bryan(Executive Officer, Director)inWilliam Ackerly(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersEx/AnteTechstarsAccess VenturesFirst In
Donate Equity provides a platform that enables nonprofits to receive and manage pre-sale equity donations quickly and efficiently.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Feed Louisville is a nonprofit organization of professional chefs that prepares and provides meals to address hunger in its community.
FoodTechImpact & Social GoodLouisville, US
IT incident prediction platform leveraging existing bug documentation.
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersRange VC
Fortress Private Wealth Solutions provides alternative investment solutions and products designed for financial advisors and registered investment advisors (RIAs) to offer individual investors.
FintechInsurTechSaaS
Drew McKnight(Co-Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsWorldQuant Ventures
GoodBuy Gear is an online marketplace selling quality-checked secondhand and open-box baby and kids' gear, including strollers, car seats, high chairs, carriers, and bassinets.
Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersInterlock PartnersRelay VenturesService Provider CapitalDenver VenturesKokopelli Capital
GoodMaps builds AI-driven indoor navigation technology to help people, including those with visual impairments, orient and move through indoor spaces.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareHealthtechImpact & Social GoodLouisville, US
Neil Barnfather(Executive Officer)inCharlie Meredith(Executive Officer)inTheresa Reno-Weber(Executive Officer, Director)inJose Gaztambide(Executive Officer, Director)Anne Durham(Director)
BoardYung Nguyen(Director)
Co-investorsVenture First
Granny's Birth Initiative provides maternal and family support services, including doula and midwifery care, childbirth education, and lactation assistance, primarily for families experiencing incarceration, housing instability, or limited support systems.
FemTechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodLouisville, US
Alexa Scisney(Founder & Executive Director)in
Co-investorsHumana
A non-collateralized loan of up to $35,000 for small-business owners lacking access to traditional capital.
A fund started by Access Ventures investing in pre-seed and seed startups building creative-economy tools.
Hydden provides an identity visibility and intelligence platform that discovers and maps hidden accounts and shadow identities across hybrid infrastructure using AI-powered discovery.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersService Provider Capital
Co-investorsAccess Venture Partners
Iris Finance is an AI-native financial platform for consumer packaged goods brands, providing real-time P&L visibility, cash flow forecasting, and margin analysis across sales channels and SKUs.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Drew Fallon(Co-Founder & CEO)inMarkoin
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesFounder CollectiveGlasswing VenturesRosecliff VenturesAccess Venture PartnersService Provider Capital+3 more
Colorado maker of custom precision optics using laser-chemical machining, with online instant quoting and days-scale turnaround.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareLongmont, US
Jeremy Goeckeritz(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardYoav Lurie(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture Partners
Nivati is an employee mental health and wellbeing platform that combines an AI-powered companion app with access to licensed therapists, dietitians, financial coaches, group workshops, self-guided content, and 24/7 call and chat therapy.
Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechMental HealthWellness & FitnessSouth Jordan, US
Amelia Wilcox(Founder)Pamela Stevenson(Director)Cydni Tetro(Director)Dan Tyre(Director)Adam Slovik(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersFirebrand VenturesReno Seed FundService Provider Capital
Northlane Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on lower middle market investments.
Enterprise SoftwareBethesda, US
Justin DuFour(Partner and co-founder)inSean Eagle(Partner and co-founder)inEugene Krichevsky(Partner and co-founder)
Peregrine Ventures is an organization that creates leadership development and executive coaching experiences for business leaders, focusing on ethical decision-making and personal reflection.
EdTechFuture of WorkOxford, GB
PlanetiQ provides satellite-based GNSS radio occultation data for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and space weather prediction.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureDefense TechEnergySpace Tech
Chris McCormick(Founder, President and Chairman)inIra Scharf(Chief Executive Officer)inDr. Kursinski(Chief Scientist)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAV8 VenturesMoonshots CapitalNew Science VenturesService Provider CapitalTremendous View Capital+1 more
RADICL provides an AI-native autonomous virtual security operations center for SMBs in the U.S. defense industrial base.
Matt Petersen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersCyber Mentor Fund
Atomic Red Team is an open source, community-maintained library of small security tests mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, letting security teams validate their ability to detect threats across Windows, macOS, Linux, and cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSterling, US
Brian Beyer(CEO)in
BoardFrank Mendicino(Director)Alan Taetle(Director)inW Daniel Hall(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersGray VenturesNoro-Moseley PartnersSavano Capital PartnersService Provider CapitalSummit Partners
Resurface Labs builds API monitoring and security software that records and analyzes every API call at runtime.
Boulder, US
Matt Anderson(Executive Officer)V. Frank Mendicino III(Director)Andrew Grolnick(Executive Officer, Director)Robert A. Dickinson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Christine Bottagaro(Executive Officer)Patrick J. Clawson(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersFirebrand VenturesService Provider Capital
The Louisville neighborhood where Access Ventures began its community revitalization work in 2014.
Tetra Insights is a user research platform that helps teams plan studies, recruit participants, and analyze interviews using AI to surface themes and findings directly cited to transcript excerpts.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSPlantation, US
Michael Bamberger(Executive Officer, Director)inPatrick Matthews(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersNext Frontier CapitalService Provider Capital
Textus is an SMS platform that enables businesses to run targeted campaigns and manage one-to-one conversations to drive conversions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersBlossom Street VenturesBonaventure CapitalEastside Partners
The AV Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that acts as a boutique fiscal sponsor for donor-advised funds (DAFs), offering DAF administration, grantmaking, and philanthropic advisory services.
Impact & Social Good
A nonprofit community connecting Christian leaders working in marketplace and entrepreneurial contexts to foster intentional relationships and shared faith-based values.
Future of WorkSocialLouisville, US
Brad EdsonBrett Edson
ThreatX, now part of A10 Networks, provides a cloud-based web application and API protection (WAAP) platform that offers real-time traffic visibility, behavioral threat detection, and automated risk-based blocking.
Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSAustin, US
Edwin Bret Settle(Executive Officer, Director)Andrius Useckas(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersCrawley VenturesService Provider CapitalStout Street CapitalGrotech Ventures
Tidal Cyber develops tools and services that help enterprises adopt MITRE ATT&CK framework for threat-informed defense.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Rick Gordonin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersBright Pixel CapitalDreamit VenturesGlasswing VenturesStoneMill VenturesTFX Capital+8 more
Trinity Capital is a lending firm that provides financing solutions across multiple sectors including technology, equipment, healthcare and life sciences, and sponsor finance.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechPhoenix, US
Steve Brown(Executive Chairman)inKyle Brown(Chief Executive Officer, President & Chief Investment Officer)in
TurboTenant provides tenant screening reports and rental application services for independent landlords managing rental property investments.
PropTechSaaSFort Collins, US
Sarnen Steinbarth(CEO)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersLLRRET VenturesService Provider Capital
A grant program run with VSCO funding creators who use art to empower marginalized US communities.
Wednesday Talent is a company founded and led by CEO Jeremy Hamel.
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersBreak Trail VenturesService Provider Capital
ZioSec provides an autonomous AI red-teaming platform that runs continuous, deep-chained attacks (such as prompt injection, tool misuse, privilege escalation, and exfiltration) against AI agents across any framework, then converts findings into audit-ready evidence with remediation guidance.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSteamboat Springs, US
Andrius Useckas(Executive Officer, Director)Aaron Walls(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardV. Frank Mendicino III(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersGreater Colorado Venture FundService Provider CapitalSuperhero Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Tidal · esgtoday.com · May 29, 2026
PlanetiQ · prnewswire.com · Apr 16, 2026
Fig · businessinsider.com · Mar 6, 2026
Radicl · bizwest.com · Feb 4, 2026
Dapple Security · dapplesecurity.com · Nov 17, 2025
Iris · beautyindependent.com · Nov 11, 2025
ZioSec · ziosec.com · Jul 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Access Ventures made?
- Access Ventures has 20 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Access Ventures invest at?
- Access Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Access Ventures's typical check size?
- Access Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
- What sectors does Access Ventures focus on?
- Access Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Impact & Social Good, SaaS.
- Where is Access Ventures located?
- Access Ventures is headquartered in Louisville, US.
- Does Access Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Access Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Access Ventures co-invest with?
- Access Ventures most often shares deals with Blue Haven Initiative, Techstars, Ten Eleven, among 6 tracked co-investors.
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