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The stories below demonstrate AltCap’s mission-based lending and our commitment to providing financing that positively impacts borrowers and their communities.
AltCap Stories
AltCap Borrower Leans On Relief Funding To Stay Afloat
Yogurtini’s Isaac Collins reflects on the importance of community support during COVID-19
Blip Makes a Come Back Following Relief Uncertainty
How Ian Davis led his small coffee business through the pandemic with support from AltCap
Cottontale KC Thrives, Pays Forward Small Business Support During COVID
AltCap helped support Kiffany Bosserman’s creative idea. She shares it with other entrepreneurs.
Sigh of relief: AltCap Helps Local Realtor Get Back on Her Feet
How CELT Realty Group founder Carletta Temple made her own way during the pandemic.
MBA Class Provides Consultant Services to Real-World Firms
A unique partnership between the UMKC Bloch School of Management and AltCap, however, is bringing valuable consulting services to local entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities.
Smile and say “Cheesesteak!”
Open wide and you can almost taste the cheesy and meaty goodness of a Steak’M Take’M Cheesesteak. That savory glory reaches a bigger audience now that the family-owned restaurant expanded to a third location with help from AltCap.
Zahner takes modern design to new heights
Zahner turns building materials into works of art and the family-run company has done so with the lift of AltCap’s New Markets Tax Credits, expanding its headquarters with a 17,000 ft. addition and investment into the urban core.
Ocean & Sea expands clothing line with ARTcap
Brendan and Amanda O’Shaughnessy were engulfed with full-time jobs when they started Ocean & Sea, a creative studio specializing in products, design, branding and marketing. They needed a buoy, and got one from AltCap, so they could expand the business to what it is today.
Ruby Jean’s Juicery keeps it fresh on Troost
If you live in KC or live to juice there is no doubt you’ve seen the background in an Instagram feed or Facebook story, a floral backdrop with green and orange swirls with photogenic “juicers” showing off their latest find. In some images you might see the kind face of Ruby Jean, smiling down on the photographer, supporting healthy eating and her grandson, Chris Goode the CEO and founder of Ruby Jean’s Juicery.
Maker Village KC wins a sweet $10k from AltCap Your Biz
When they bought their building in 2013 was dark and did not have plumbing so Nick Ward-Bopp and Sam Green Co-Founders of Maker VIllage KC fixed it up.
Faith over fear is the answer for Kansas City small business, CCI Securities
LC Lomax is not just blowing hot air when explaining that AltCap played an influential role in expanding his business, CCI Securities, Metal Design, and Engineering.
The Object Enthusiast opens opportunities for growth with new online store
It was only Emily Reinhardt, her kiln and a pottery wheel until AltCap stepped in to help grow Reinhardt’s online store and wholesale business, The Object Enthusiast.
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