Florida Community Bank | Business Loans. If you have questions, contact your nearest Florida Community Bank branch by clicking here. Florida Community Bank offers a variety of lending products for commercial customers. Our flexible commercial loans are designed to help fund your business' growth and expansion.
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Florida's Research Coast | Entrepreneurial Development. If you have questions, contact Florida's Research Coast at 772-335-3030. Florida's Research Coast is committed to helping entrepreneurs be successful. A variety of local resources and programs are available throughout the region.
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Seacoast National Bank | Business Lending/Loans. Questions? Contact your nearest Seacoast National Bank location, here. At Seacoast National Bank we understand that not every company has the same needs. That’s why we offer the following business loans: Busines Lines of Credit and Business Equipment Loans.
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Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Indian River State College. Questions? Contact the SBDC at Indian River State College at 772-462-7296. The Small Business Development Center helps businesses become more successful and meet the challenges of tomorrow. Whether you are starting a business, buying a business, growing a business, selling a business or looking for financing, we can help you!
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The SCORE Association is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. Their public service mission is to provide face-to-face and email business counseling to help small businesses evaluate plans, stabilize, grow, innovate and succeed. If you have questions, contact this SCORE Chapter at 772-489-0548.
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Access Florida Finance Corporation | Tips for Applying for Financing. Questions? Contact the Access Florida Finance Corporation at 850-765-0375. Access Florida Finance Corporation Tips for Applying for Financing. After you've identified the product and/or service you want to bring to the market, the next step will include locating the appropriate financing. This page provides very useful tips to ensure you have the highest chance of gaining the financing you need to be successful.
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Arsenal Venture Partners (Florida) | Venture Capital Firm. Questions? Contact Arsenal Venture Partners (Florida) at 407-838-1439. As an active early-stage investor, we work closely with companies, and our appetite for technologically and financially ambitious projects sets us apart from many other venture investors. With our unique depth of experience, our team can add value and resources across a broad range of portfolio company opportunities. More importantly, we are willing to do the heavy lifting often required in early-stage investing.
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Enterprise Florida | Florida Venture Capital and Angel Investment Firms. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. Enterprise Florida outlines the available Venture Capital and Angel Investment opportunities in Florida on this page. These methods of funding a business operation differ than traditional funding sources but provide a greater chance of receiving fund approval.
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Enterprise Florida | SBIR / STTR Funding. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. The federal government allocates over $2 billion annually to two highly competitive programs that encourage start-up businesses to capitalize on commercialization opportunities: the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
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Enterprise Florida | SBIR / STTR Phase '0' Program. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. The SBIR / STTR Phase '0' Program is intended to help Florida companies increase their chances of submitting a successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proposal.
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Florida Angel Nexsus. If you have questions, contact the Florida Angel Nexsus at 407-716-8563. The Florida Angel Nexus (“FAN”) is a state-wide network of investors and investment groups. FAN’s mission is to connect qualified companies with aggressive growth plans to investors from the Florida community. We focus on businesses that already have some proof of concept and revenues, but we will do our best to refer all applicants to resources to assist in eliminating their roadblocks.
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The Florida Finance Network, an organization that unifies Florida’s economic development financing programs, is available throughout Florida to educate lenders, business owners, and economic development officials about financing programs available to small businesses. FFN builds awareness of state and federal small business and economic development financing programs available to Florida businesses.
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Florida First Capital Finance Corporation. Questions? Contact the Florida First Capital Finance Corporation at 850-681-3601. Florida First Capital Finance Corporation is the state’s largest non-profit certified development company that promotes economic development and job creation throughout Florida. FFCFC carries out its work through the administration of various government and private small business capital access programs.
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Florida Growth Fund | Investment Funding for Technology and Growth Companies. Questions? Contact the Florida Growth Fund at 954-745-2780. The Florida Growth Fund manages $250 million of capital dedicated to prudent investment in technology and growth related businesses with significant presence in the state of Florida.
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Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research | Seed Capital Accelerator Program. Questions? Contact the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research at 561-368-8889. The Institute is accepting applications for its Seed Capital Accelerator Program which will provide funding in the form of repayable loans to qualified Institute companies.
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Florida Mezzanine Fund | Venture Capital Funding for Florida Businesses. Questions? Contact the Florida Mezzanine Fund at 407-648-5097. Florida Mezzanine Fund provides business owners access to mezzanine loans for privately held, mid-market growth companies.
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The Florida Opportunity Fund’s fund of funds program was created to realize significant long-term capital appreciation by identifying and investing in a diversified, high-quality portfolio of seed and early stage venture capital funds that target investment opportunities within Florida.
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Florida Small Business Development Center Network | Consulting. If you have questions, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network at 866-737-7232. Consulting is available to entrepreneurs and existing businesses in Florida and is provided by professionally trained and experienced SBDC Certified Business Analysts (CBAs).
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Florida Venture Forum | Counseling, Educational Advice & Managerial Assistance. Questions? Contact the Florida Venture Forum at 813-335-8116. The goal of the Florida Venture Forum is to help ensure the success of entrepreneurial ventures by offering expert counsel, educational advice and managerial assistance.
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Florida Venture Sourcing | A free place for Florida's technology venture community to connect. Are you building a high growth, technology oriented company in Florida? Join Florida Venture Sourcing to give your startup visibility to the Florida investor and mentor community.
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Gulf Coast Business Finance | Loan Programs. Questions? Contact Gulf Coast Business Finance at 727-895-2504. GulfCoast Business Finance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation established in 1982, whose mission is to assist small businesses with access to capital. We work with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Community Reinvestment Fund, and private-sector lenders to provide long-term, fixed asset financing whose terms are oftentimes more attractive than conventional financing.
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Hispanic Business Initiative Fund | Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida. If you have questions, contact the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund at 407-428-5872. HBIF is the leading Hispanic economic development, nonprofit organization in Florida that specializes in providing bilingual assistance to Hispanic entrepreneurs trying to establish or expand their business in Florida.
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Igniting | Innovation | Florida's Capital Acceleration Program. Questions? Contact the Igniting | Innovation at 321-872-1050. Florida’s i2 Accelerator was launched in early 2011 to provide promising technology companies in Florida accelerated access to industry and capital. i2 has quickly grown into a “front door” for growth-based technology companies to identify and access the rich array of technology entrepreneurship resources, industry partners, and investors that are located throughout Florida.
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New World Angels | Equity Capital Financing for Business. Questions? Contact the New World Angels at 561-620-8494. New World Angels is a group of private investors dedicated to providing equity capital to early-stage entrepreneurial companies in the state of Florida. New World Angels has chapters in South Florida and the Tampa Bay area and is typically a lead or co-investor in transactions totaling between $0.5 million and $2.5 million.
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Through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, the Small Business Administration ensures that the nation's small, high-tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government's research and development efforts. Eleven federal departments participate in the SBIR program; five departments participate in the STTR program awarding $2billion to small high-tech businesses.
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