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ACE Welcomes Newest Board Member, Miguel Alandete
Mr. Miguel Alandete has joined the board of directors at ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs. Alandete is the Senior Vice President - SBA Lending Sales Manager at First Horizon Bank in Atlanta, where he oversees a dedicated team of eight SBA product specialists...
Eric Swilling Appointed Director of Lending
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Eric Swilling has joined the leadership team as the Director of Lending at ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs. Swilling supervises the lending team and oversees loan production, ensuring that goals of capital deployment and...
ACE Receives $1 Million Rockefeller Foundation Grant Award to Support Underserved Small Business Owners
The Rockefeller Foundation Grant will allow ACE to continue supporting underserved Atlanta entrepreneurs as they push toward recovery from the pandemic. Atlanta, Georgia. January 12, 2022 – The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to ACE | Access to...
ACE One of 12 CDFIs in the Veteran Collaborative Established to Provide Funding for Veteran Business Owners
ATLANTA ANNOUNCEMENT The Veteran Collaborative Announces the Creation of the Veteran Loan Fund Group of twelve Community Development Financial Institutions, with Bank of America as lead investor, honor our nation’s veterans. January 27, 2022 – ACE | Access to Capital...
ACE Selected as One of Seven CDFIs For First Round of Starbucks Community Resilience Fund
Starbucks funding will allow ACE to continue supporting small business growth and community development projects in Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities with historically limited access to capital. Atlanta, Georgia. January 11, 2022 – Following...
ACE Heralds Brown Toy Box Deal With American Retail Giant, Target
ACE deal enables Brown Toy Box to add Black representation to toy aisles via their custom STEM/STEAM educational toys at over a thousand Target outlets across the U.S. Atlanta, Georgia. December 24th, 2021 – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurship (ACE) client Brown...
Staff Spotlight: Meet Glenn Bachman
Financial Advisor, ACE Glenn Bachman joined the ACE team after spending more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, professional angel investor and business advisor. As an entrepreneur, he has started, built, and sold multiple businesses. As a professional angel investor,...
Celebrate Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is an internationally recognized movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people around the world to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Giving is one of the most powerful ways you can make an impact on the world and your local community....
SKBproductions LLC
Click here to Visit SKBproductions Website SKBproductions LLC – Steven K Ball When Steven K Ball graduated from film school at Miami-Dade Community College in 1982, he saw the need to come to Atlanta to get involved in becoming a content provider for Black...