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FINANCING RESOURCES - REGIONAL, FEDERAL & INTERNET
Articles:
Venture Associates' "Stages of Entrepreneurial Financing"
http://www.venturea.com/financin.htm#stages
Ivan Hoffman's "Are you Ready for Funding?"
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/funding.html
REGIONAL
Larimer/Weld Revolving Loan Fund
State of Colorado—Regional Business Loan Funds
Rockies Venture Club specializes in connecting innovative entrepreneurs with Colorado's investment community. As the new year launches, we're working harder than ever to provide our members access to unparalleled opportunities and invaluable connections.
Colorado Enterprise Fund (CEF) is a non-profit community development financial institution founded in 1976 to help small businesses. We provide small business loans up to $250,000 to entrepreneurs who are unable to obtain financing from traditional sources. If you receive a loan from CEF, you will have access to management consulting and business training from our experienced staff.
Colorado Lending Source is a private, community-based, nonprofit economic development corporation that assists small business owners in Colorado access attractive, long-term, fixed-rate financing on (primarily) owner-occupied commercial real estate and capital equipment acquisition projects.
Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association
The mission of the eight-state Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association is to be a leading venture capital association with a strategic intent of making the region one of the top markets for venture activity. More than 180 venture capital professionals from 43 firms are actively engaged in investing in the region, and in aggregate, represent more than $6.3 billion in capital.
Colorado Business Incubation Assocation
Colorado is home to several national award winning business incubators. Their contribution to the state’s economic vitality will be so much greater when their resources are better integrated. Recognizing the increasing need, a team of business incubation professionals launched an initiative to enhance CBIA to fulfill the vision.
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)
Colorado Agricultural Development Authority (CADA)
Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
Small Business Innovative Research is the single largest source of high-risk, early stage, leading edge R&D funding available in the USA. A common problem for small, technology-based businesses-even when the economy is good-is finding early-stage funding for the up-front, high-risk R&D needed to prove their new concepts. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are an excellent source of exactly this type of early-stage funding. Under these programs, the federal government currently awards some $2.2 billion exclusively to small businesses each year, making it the richest source of high-tech seed funding in the nation. More than 40% of the funding goes to firms with 10 or fewer employees, and much of the money goes to companies with just 1 to 3 employees! Typically, some 40% are first-time winners each year.
Small Business Loans & Grants
Federal, state and local governments offer a wide range of financing programs to help small business start and grow their operations. These programs include low-interest loans, venture capital, and scientific and economic development grants. Use the Loans and Grants Search Tool to get a list of the financing programs for which you may qualify.
FEDERAL
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
United States Rural Development
U.S. Department of Transportation Short-Term Lending Program
Department of Agriculture
INTERNET
American Venture Capital Exchange
National Venture Capital Association
Price Waterhouse Coopers MoneyTree Report
SiliconValley.com
VC Task Force
Angel Investor Network - Go Big Network
BusinessFinance.com
AngelDeals.com
Export-Import Bank
CTEK
Farm Service Agency
Innovative Bank (SBA Community Express Lender)
MicroBusiness Development Corp
ACCION USA
Peer to Peer or Person to Person Lending (P2P): Read this wiki entry to learn more about this finance model that includes companies like Prosper, Virgin Money and Kiva.
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