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Financing your Business

Although the CCSBDC does not loan money, we can help you with the process of financing your business.

Here are some useful links.

  • A quick overview of small business financing
  • SBA's grant programs generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments in an effort to expand and enhance small business technical and financial assistance. Other federal grant programs generally support non-profit organizations, and state and local governments and are not given directly to small businesses. A list of Federal Grant programs can be found on SBA's web site at: SBA Federal Grant Resources.

More Finance and funding links

  • Elements of a Successful Small Business Loan Application hints written by Allbusiness.com
  • Finding the Money You Need an article written by the Small Business Administration. Includes links to SBA loan programs
  • Finding Financing for your Business - CCH Owner's Toolkit
  • Financing Your Business - Entrepreneur.com
  • SBA Loan Programs information on various SBA programs Grants?
  • Capital Connection describes various capital sources and services.
  • Choose Leasing has leasing information, leasing vs. buying, plus a directory of leasing companies
  • Directory of Local Governments' Web Sites – unique or specialized financing sources may be available in your locality. Check appropriate county, municipal, city or township web sites for information. Look in Government in CA then click on CA Local Governments.
  • Venture Capital firms may be a source of financing. There are a number of venture capital directories on the web. The Infon Venture Capital Directory is free to search and provides some contact information for free.
  • National Venture Capital Association Member Directory is a comprehensive, print directory of NVCA members.
  • vFinance.com allows searching by state, industry and dollar amount for venture capital. Contact information is about $2 per contact.
  • BusinessFinance.com allows users to enter details about the financing needed and then returns a list of potential sources.
  • Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) provides long-term debt and equity growth capital licensed under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. CA SBICs that are members of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies,
  • Economic development organizations or corporations have various financing programs.
  • BusinessFinance.com offers a list of economic development organization in CA.
  • Small Business Lending in the U.S. provides state-specific data including top lenders to small businesses.
  • SBIR/STTR Funding can be used to pay for research and development for innovative companies.
  • Unfortunately, some unscrupulous operators sell manuals, workshops and other materials on how to obtain "free money." To find out how to avoid these scams, see the Federal Trade Commission's article about wealth building scams.
  • Grants.gov is a good site to use when searching for Federal grants funding.

 

To find out if CCSBDC consulting can help you call or email us, or fill out a request for services. There is no cost to you. What will it cost you not to get all the help you could?
    
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the University of California, Merced. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. The Central California Small Business Development Center is funded in part through a subcontract between the California State University, the Office of Economic Development and the University of California, Merced under the current cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.