Kiva Zip presentation given at a joint panel with Kiva, Accion Venture Labs, Lenddo. Moderated by Shannjit Singh (technologist, innovation and investment banking consultant for micro/social finance sector). Can learning and applying the same technologies we use to share Space (airbnb), Stuff, and Skills (Skillshare) to unlock wealth from Spare Change into small business growth? Kiva Zip is an experiment to do exactly that. Crowdfunding financially-excluded businesses begins with just $25 of spare change.
2. “We are all familiar with the concept of a
Church with no walls...
...Kiva Zip is a new kind of wonder - a
lending organization with no physical
bank, no profit, and no interest. It exists
purely.....on faith.”
Ted Jefferson, Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corporation introducing
Kiva Zip to fellow leaders of faith-based organizations
24. Examples of Organizations
partnering Kiva Zip as trustees
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Institute for Veterans & Military Families
SEEDSPOT
Incubator, AZ
GREENHORNS
nonprofit, small farm-innovation
Oakland City Church
(Pastor Josh McPaul)
TEAM ETSY LITTLE ROCK
Community Center for African American Business
St Louis, MO
24
26. Don’t need a special idea, or great
marketing or videos to get funded
38%
27%
Food
9% Shops
Access, Craft
Contractors, Cleaners, Mechanics
5%7% 8% Farms
tech/apps
7% other