Capital and Support Resources
Mainstream Sources of Capital
For Food & Farm Businesses |
Support for Food & Farm Business
Entrepreneurship & Business Development |
GRANTS - A source of capital that requires an application or request for proposal and does not need to be paid back
INTEREST- FREE LOANS - A sum of money that is borrowed and expected to be paid back with interest
INVESTMENT CROWDFUNDING PORTALS - A crowdfunding intermediary for businesses to display their offering. The portal does not offer investment advice nor do they solicit purchases, sales, or offers to buy securities offered or displayed on its website
BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS - Are financial institutions that offer loans. A bank is for profit, while a credit union is run cooperatively with shared ownership to its members
REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS - A source of money for loans, mainly for small businesses, in which the interest and principal payments from old loans are used to pay new loans
INVESTMENT FUNDS - A group of investors pool their money together to make investment decisions, for example, focusing on investing only food and farming businesses ANGEL NETWORKS - A group of Angel investors who invest private funds into start up businesses for personal and moral reasons, as opposed to venture capital investors whose primary motivation is profit VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS - Provide seed money to start up businesses and require a stake in the company |
COURSES - Classes for technical assistance in running a business, grant writing, and other skills MENTORS - Offer a connection to professionals with technical expertise and further networking CO-WORKING SPACES - Spaces for rent where businesses who do not have a physical space can work and network
INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS - (with Capital Opportunities) - programs that provide a varying amount of capital, technical assistance, infrastructure, and space to start up businesses, usually within a set time frame and the goal of the business expanding on its own
BUSINESS COMPETITIONS - (with Capital Awards) - often in the format of making pitchs to judges with capital funds awarded to the winner PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Economic Development Organizations
OTHER RESOURCES
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