Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers (2023 Update)

The report, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers (2023), updates the data describing the national capital access and entrepreneurial support landscape that was originally presented in the 2019 report, while also layering in data from new sources that provide greater context into the experiences and challenges facing entrepreneurs in today’s economy. This report includes additional data describing the capital access landscape in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in the Heartland states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska). A number of our recent capital access investments have been targeted there, which we highlight throughout the report.