Celebrating Our 27 Capital Creators
Meet the organizations helping build a more creative, connected future for entrepreneurial capital.
Capital is more than a check. It is the relationships, knowledge, infrastructure, and opportunities that help entrepreneurs build and grow. That belief is at the heart of InBIA’s Creative Capital Access Collaborative (CCAC)—an initiative bringing Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs), capital providers, and ecosystem partners together to create more effective pathways to capital.
Today, we are proud to celebrate 27 CCAC Capital Creators: leaders and organizations partnering with the Collaborative to imagine, design, and advance creative capital solutions. Their perspectives span investing, venture building, community development, entrepreneur support, and innovative finance. Together, they represent the power of collaboration to move beyond one-size-fits-all funding and build approaches that reflect the needs of founders and the communities they serve.
The CCAC draws on seven forms of capital—financial, social, human, intellectual, cultural, structural, and material—to uncover underused assets, strengthen capital readiness, and inspire new models for deploying resources. Our Capital Creators are an essential part of turning that vision into practical tools, partnerships, and possibilities.
Meet the 27 Capital Creators
01. Shane Kelly | Cinematica Labs
02. Melissa Erickson | The Funding Studio
03. Mickayla Rosard | Groove Capital
04. Naila Jackson | Network Navigator
05. Matt Paschall | Paschall Ventures
06. Heidi Knoblauch | Homefield Capital Partners
07. Dana Cosby | Sagacity Services LLC
08. Alyssa Padron | Village Capital
09. Tarsha Hearns | Economic Growth Strategies Foundation
10. Chris Davis | RightShift & IntuitioLabs
11. Rebecca Kahnweiler | LongJump
12. Rebecca Obounou | Fon Pèp Ayisyen | Haitian People’s Fund (FPA)
13. Dave Knox | Blue North
14. Shubha Chakravarthy | Achiiv Inc.
15. Lina Rugova | Emerge and Rise, Inc.
16. Sheffie Robinson | Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group
17. Holly Burrow | EQALL Business Solutions
18. Debbie Irwin | Lighthouse Network
19. John Handler | Handler Associates, Inc.
20. Christele Parham | MBT Collective
21. Keith Coleman | Cultural Skies
22. Jeremy Turner | EPIC Mission, Inc.
23. Gloria Ware | GTB Advisors LLC
24. Taylor Eubanks | Blend Systems Inc.
25. John Hanak | North Riverside Partners
26. B Rhodes | Fictive Ventures
27. Deborah Hemingway | Ecphora Capital
Join Us November 19
Get to know the Capital Creators and the ideas they are bringing to the table at our November 19 gathering at 12:00 p.m. EST. Together, we can expand what capital looks like—and who can access it: Creator Roundtable
Explore CCAC: inbia.org/join-ccac