Looking for money to grow your business?
Aren't we all. The following are various groups offering everything from venture capital to state and federal grants.
Brook Venture
Website: http://www.brookventure.com/Description: This firm's mission is to invest capital in high-growth, expansion-stage companies, within specific sectors of the Information Technology and Medical Technology fields, with the objective of realizing venture level returns for them, their investors, and for the other shareholders and managers of each portfolio company.Brook Venture Partners focuses on the so-called 'funding gap' between Angel investors that typically provide up to $1 million, and larger institutional investors that typically prefer to invest more than $5 million per investment round. The recently invested in a Williston firm. Read about it here >>>
CEDO's Business Loan Program
Website: www.cedoburlington.org/business/business_programs.htmDescription: A program that makes gap financing available to small businesses that are located in Burlington. Typically, the Business Loan Program's participation is limited to 25% of the total cost of a given project. Loans can be used to purchase fixed assets or for operating capital are available at 8% interest.FreshTracks Capital
Website: http://www.freshtrackscap.comDescription: An early-stage venture fund, combining the financial resources of $11 million in venture capital with the strategic resources needed by entrepreneurs to build thriving businesses in the Champlain Valley and throughout Vermont.North Country Angels
Website: http://www.northcountryangels.comDescription: A group that brings together over 35 successful and experienced entrepreneurs who are active in making early-stage and seed investments in companies located in the northeastern United States.ThinkVermont.com's List of Business Finance Programs
Website: http://www.thinkvermont.com/financing/reg_loan.cfmDescription: Here you'll find loans and funding programs from a variety of Vermont funding and venture capital groups.ThinkVermont.com's List of R&D Funding / SBIR Options
Website: http://www.thinkvermont.com/sbir/index.cfmDescription: This page at Think Vermont lays out the options for how to find federal dollars for you R&D programs. Over the last 18 years, innovative Vermont small businesses and individuals have been successful in obtaining in excess of $31 million in SBIR / STTR grant money to spawn their R&D and build their companies.U.S. Small Business Administration TECH-Net
Website: http://tech-net.sba.gov/Description: An electronic gateway of technology information and resources for and about small high tech businesses. It is a search engine for researchers, scientists, state, federal and local government officials, a marketing tool for small firms and a potential "link" to investment opportunities for investors and other sources of capital.Vermont Capital Partners
Website: www.vermontcapitalpartners.comDescription: A mid-stage, $13+ million funding capability makeing investments of $1-3 million into revenue stage Vermont companies, primarily within the Information Technology and Medical Technology fields. This group is located in Montpelier and managed by Brook Venture Fund, a $100 million, Boston, MA-area fund.Vermont Community Loan Fund
Website: www.vclf.orgDescription: The Vermont Community Loan Fund's primary objective is to save and create jobs through business development. It finances a wide variety of businesses, ranging from production agriculture to specialty foods, retail stores and wood products manufacturers. These loans are aimed at businesses that provide benefits to low-to-moderate-income Vermonters through livable-wage jobs and revitalized communities.Vermont EPSCoR
Website: www.uvm.edu/EPSCoRDescription: The Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) contributes to building an infrastructure which will improve the research competitiveness of Vermont scientists and engineers as well as bring NSF resources to the service of the broader community.Worth Mountain Capital Partners
Website: www.worthmountain.comDescription: Worth Mountain Capital Partners is a Vermont-based corporate finance firm that advises and invests in established companies in northern New England. They provide a mix of corporate finance advisory services and actual capital as appropriate to make principal investments.Want to add a Link?
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