December 19, 2024

Podcast #32 - Microlending, CDFIs & RBF,  Ruben Alonso - CEO of AltCap

Happy Holidays, my friends! Today we’re rereleasing a fan favorite - my conversation with Ruben Alonso, CEO of AltCap. Several of you have shared how much you learned from Ruben’s experience, and I wanted to come back to this one to share it again. AltCap is a case study in growing a CDFI, and it is blazing a trail across the US showing how to fund entrepreneurs who can’t access bank or equity capital. Tune in to hear how Ruben built AltCap from a tax credit financing vehicle to a CDFI to an RBF lender across several US markets. Ruben also shares how he went from corporate America to the Peace Corps to alternative capital, why he is expanding AltCap across the US, and the challenges he’s faced along the way. Tune in here and learn!

EPISODE SPONSOR

I want to thank our sponsor for this episode, Husch Blackwell, the law firm I prefer to use for everything related to raising capital, building a company, deploying capital. The partner I work with at Husch, Ed Wilson, understands the alternative capital business and I can’t recommend him and his team highly enough.