# Access Ventures

> Access Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Louisville, United States
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last fund: Apr 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/access-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/acsventures
- Website: http://accessventures.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accessventures

Access Ventures is a private operating foundation that is working to initiate systemic change in communities that results in an inclusive and creative economy an economy that functions for all people, and in which everyone is valued. It works every day alongside its partners to consciously construct a dynamic portfolio.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$100k |
| Series A | $2M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 17% |
| FinTech | 9 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 13% |
| Finance | 7 | 11% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 36% |
| Series A | 11 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 5 | 8% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 38 | 59% |
| South Korea | 4 | 6% |
| China | 2 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 3% |
| Singapore | 2 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bryce Butler | Founder/Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryce-butler |
| TJ Abood | Chief Investment Officer | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tj-abood |
| Kolade Aderele | Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kolade-aderele-6a99 |
| Mallory Sanborn | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mallory-sanborn |
| Marigrace Ragsdale | Senior Associate | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marigrace-ragsdale |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rhome | Rhome is a global homeownership platform that offers co-ownership as a flexible and accessible alternative to traditional real estate. Designed to address modern housing challenges, Rhome empowers individuals to buy, share, swap, and sell portions of homes seamlessly.Rhome simplifies real estate transactions, offering co-buyer matching, seamlessequity maintenance, and the ability to swap properties while retaining equity. Unlike competitors focused on secondary homes or temporary markets, Rhome targets primary residences, offering first-time homebuyers a way to build wealth and enjoy mobility without traditional barriers. Rhome is committed to making homeownership flexible, equitable, and scalable for a new generation of buyers. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| RADICL Defense | We secure small and medium sized businesses from nation state level cyberthreats. | $12.2M | Seed | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Staffinc | Staffinc is a platform that provides workers and workforce management services for businesses. | $3.9M | Series B | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Locad | Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost. | $11M | Series A | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| Quota Lab | Quota Lab is a financial infrastructure company that connects the capital flows of all ventures & startups, general partners (GPs), and limited partners (LPs) to build a venture capital market infrastructure and create a new financial ecosystem. | $11M | Series A | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| COOLMATE | Coolmate is a Vietnamese menswear brand offering a wide range of apparel and accessories for men, from sportswear and office attire to everyday styles. They operate exclusively online through their own e-commerce website and popular e-commerce platforms in Vietnam. The company is headquartered in Hanoi & Hochiminh City, Vietnam. | $2M | Series A | May 13, 2022 |  |
| Volopay | Volopay is a financial solution provider that offers corporate cards, automated expense management, and accounting integrations that streamline financial operations, helping businesses save time and money while elevating the role of their finance teams. We are obsessed with empowering finance teams, transforming them from simple bookkeepers intostrategic assets within organizations. Aspiring to drive change across the APAC region, we aim to become the go-to financial partner for businesses seeking growth and efficiency. | $29M | Series A | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Pion | Pion Corporation is an Martech focused video intelligence company. We provide “Vispot”, a video creation and ad-automation platform powered by AI. | $3M | Series A | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| Breef | Breef is bringing the agency online. As the modern outsourcing solution, their platform connects leading brands with boutique agencies for all their digital and creative needs. The company was founded in New York by George Raptis and Emily Bibb. | $3.5M | Debt Financing | Aug 20, 2021 |  |
| Goldfinch | Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West. | $11.7M | Series A | May 17, 2021 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [VilCap Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vilcap-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Access Ventures invest in?

Access Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 64 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Access Ventures's check size?

Access Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$10M at Seed, $100k–$100k at Pre-Seed and $2M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Access Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Access Ventures?

Public channels for Access Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Access Ventures?

The team at Access Ventures includes Bryce Butler (Founder/Managing Director), TJ Abood (Chief Investment Officer) and Kolade Aderele (Investment Associate), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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