Check out some photos from the 2023 AltCap Your Biz Pitch Competition.

As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Endowment for the Arts has unveiled research highlighting a rough development for how Americans engage with artists.

Dr. Shelly Cooper leveraged her $25,000 prize money from the AltCap Your Biz Pitch Competition to better provide health care to children from low-income communities.

Janae’ Barnett’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, which served as the spark to her launching Eve , a functional beverage company that hopes to inspire healthy lifestyles.

While it may seem straightforward, the New Markets Tax Credit is often misunderstood. To clear up confusion, we’d like to dispel a few common misconceptions we encounter when talking to folks about the program.

Brenden Coker encountered plenty of skeptics en route to launching his first business. The roadblocks, however, only strengthened Coker’s entrepreneurial resolve to start Gymnetix, a gym based in Springfield, Missouri.

The redevelopment of El Torreon represents a partnership to bring new life to a historic music and community venue that will serve Kansas City for generations to come.

With the help of two AltCap loans over five years, the Monarch Conservatory recently expanded its arts business into a 7,000-square-foot studio space in Blue Springs, Missouri.

Learn how the New Markets Tax Credit helped fuel the Linwood YMCA’s $10.3 million renovation in 2015 that continues to serve as a vital health and community space for the area.

As a first-generation, Vietnamese-American woman, Jackie Nguyen envisioned a shop that cultivates a culture around its coffee — and curates a space where Kansas City’s Asian-American community could feel welcome and celebrated.

Together we made a difference. Our impact during the COVID-19 pandemic helped to propel many entrepreneurs in the KC area.

Yogurtini’s Isaac Collins reflects on the importance of community support during COVID-19

How Ian Davis led his small coffee business through the pandemic with support from AltCap

AltCap helped support Kiffany Bosserman’s creative idea. She shares it with other entrepreneurs.

How CELT Realty Group founder Carletta Temple made her own way during the pandemic.

A unique partnership between the UMKC Bloch School of Management and AltCap, however, is bringing valuable consulting services to local entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities.

Watch how AltCap impacts the Kansas City economy.

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 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. 

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.