Find a Shoe That Fits: Other Small Business Lenders & Funding Sources
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Not quite the right fit for one of our financing options? Keep your head high because there are other community resources that may be able to help. Check out the list below for lenders that may be able to help, depending on the amount you are looking to borrow, geographic region, and stage of business.
CEDS Finance
Microloans & Murabahah (Islamic Compliant Debt)
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $100,000
Geographic Location: Denver Metro Area (Microloans) & Colorado (Murabahah)
Colorado BIPOC Micro Equity Fund
Growth Capital Investments with flexible repayment terms
Equity Amounts: $50,000 - $250,000
Geographic Location: Colorado
Colorado Housing & Finance Authority (CHFA)
Commercial real estate loans
Loan Amounts: Varying
Geographic Location: Colorado
Denver Economic Development & Opportunity
Micro and revolving loans
Loan Amounts: up to $350,000
Geographic Location: Denver County
dreamspring
Variety of small business loans (including commercial real estate)
Loan Amounts: $1,000 - $2 million
Geographic Location: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, + other specified states
EXPONENTIAL IMPACT
Funding, mentorship, and programming for Colorado Springs-based entrepreneurs
12-week programs to support founders at every stage for emerging technology startups
First Southwest Community Fund
Microloans & other programs
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $250,000
Geographic Location: Colorado
The Good Jobs Fund
Primarily senior secured loans
Loan Amounts: $500,000 - $4 million
Geographic Location: Colorado
Greenline Ventures
Small business loans
Loan Amounts: $250,000 - $2 million
Geographic Location: Colorado
Huntington Bank Lift Local Businessâ„ Program
Eligible participants include women, veterans, and racially and ethnically diverse business owners
Loan amounts: $1,000 – $150,000
Free financial education courses ($1,500 value) powered by Operation Hope
Kiva
Crowdsourced microloans
Loan Amounts: Up to $15,000
Geographic Location: Colorado
LENDIO DENVER
10+ types of funding options
Marketplace of different lenders
Geographic Location: Nationwide
new seed lending program from NEWSED
Loans for qualified woman- and minority-owned small businesses
Loan Amounts: $2,000 to $15,000
NEWSED in partnership with Mile High United Way
NDC
Small business lending up to $5 million
Emphasis on women and minority entrepreneurs
Technical assistance available
Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
Small business loans
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $500,000
Geographic Location: Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit Counties
Region 9
Commercial Loans
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $350,000
Geographic Location: Southwest Colorado
Region 10
Variety of small business loans
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $250,000
Geographic Location: Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel Counties
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center
Technical assistance and resources for employee owned companies or conversions to employee ownership models
Employee Ownership Tax Credit (OEDIT)
Employee Ownership Grant (OEDIT)
Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute (RMMFI)
Microloans
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $75,000
Colorado
Southern Colorado Community Lending
Variety of small business loans
Loan Amounts: $5,000 - $250,000
Geographic Location: Pueblo County Residents and other southern Colorado counties
US Bank - Business Diversity Lending Program
Variety of small business loans, lines of credit and business credit cards
Loan Amounts: Up to $2.5 million
Geographic Location: U.S.