Alternative Venture Finance: Federal Grants and Loans

While most companies seeking venture capital initially think about angel investors and venture capitalists, a large alternative source of financing is federal grants and loans. The two largest federal grant programs are run by the Small Business Administration (SBA), and by Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).

An SBA loan, regardless of whether it is a direct loan from the SBA, or, as is more common, a bank loan guaranteed by the SBA, is essentially a bank loan. The benefit of it versus a traditional bank loan is the rate. SBA rates are typically much less than traditional business loan rates.

In most cases, in a guaranteed SBA bank loan, the SBA guarantees 90 percent of the loan will be repaid to the bank. As such, banks are at much less risk than in most other loans, and are a bit more flexible with regards to who they offer these loans. However, the SBA usually requires the founders of the company to personally guarantee the loans, which makes them risky should the venture collapse.

Alternatively, Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) are privately organized corporations that are licensed and regulated by the SBA. Small or emerging businesses which qualify for assistance from the SBIC program can receive equity capital and/or long-term loans from these companies. Essentially, these companies provide their own capital, which is supplemented by federal funds, to the companies they fund.

Interestingly, U.S. taxpayers benefit from the SBIC program as tax revenues generated from successful SBIC investments have more than covered the cost of the program. Likewise the program has created hundreds of thousands of jobs.

In summary, SBA and SBIC financing are viable alternatives to financing from angel investors and venture capitalists and should be considered in the capital raising process. Similarly to angel and VC financing, companies seeking SBA and SBIC financing need a strong management team and value proposition, and a highly professional and compelling business plan in order to raise the capital they need.

Growthink Business Plans have collectively raised over $750 million in financing, launched numerous new product and service lines and gained competitive advantage and market share. Growthink has become the firm of choice for venture capital firms, angel investors, corporations and entrepreneurs in the know. To download the Free 2005 Business Plan Guide, please visit http://www.growthink.com/businessplan

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Study: Losses on new loans hit record highs - Bizjournals.com

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/10/06/daily20.htmlcid=1255145355ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNGTHzxzEMuGQDItvXzo-IHH9itIdgStudy: Losses on new bloans/b hit record highs/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBizjournals.com,nbsp;NCnbsp;-/font nobr1 hour ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Mortgage companies nationwide lost an average of $560 on every bloan/b they originated last year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2008 cost b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-1fd=Rurl=http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081007/REG/810079981/1036cid=1255145355ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNHcYffPwgJ06UaaqPU52ga6YhwtxgMortgage banks lost an average of $560 on each home bloan/b b.../b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrFinancialWeek (subscription)/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-2fd=Rurl=http://www.dsnews.com/view_story.cfm%3Fid%3D2983cid=1255145355ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNEET1Hs8ScKC90Az0DXdg_eoN_vJwMBA Releases Annual Cost Study: $560 Lost on Every bLoan/b Originated b.../b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrDSNews.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255145355hl=ennobrall 25 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

ND delegation says co-ops getting $400M in loans - Forbes

Fed auctions $138 billion to banks at 1.39% - MarketWatch

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Trying to Ease Credit, IRS Eases Loan Regulations - New York Times

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Fed eyes plan to fund short-term business loans - The Associated Press

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/07/business/main4505574.shtmlcid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNEo7o0UD9SBJzBb-MoyELN3oB-aSAimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=YEgZEAZJ__YJimgurl=wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/10/07/image4505580g.jpg width=80 height=60 alt= border=1brfont size=-2CBS News/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-0fd=Rurl=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jC0Js_XMSCt-GDAijc3qIbjuVZIAD93LEPVO0cid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNFOfY0b5OYjdJ7zPEPKT6rvDyzaPwFed eyes plan to fund short-term business bloans/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Associated Pressnbsp;-/font nobr15 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1To help ease credit stresses, the Fed announced Monday it will provide as much as $900 billion in cash bloans/b to squeezed banks. It said 28-day and 84-day b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-1fd=Rurl=http://www.thomsonmergernews.com/story.asp%3Fsectioncode%3D722%26storycode%3D280229cid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNEOPf5Qk0KrYycZ52d3CNmRfYQCewFed ponders unsecured bloans/b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThomson Merger News (subscription)/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-2fd=Rurl=http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1008/p01s01-usec.htmlcid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNGKXOjn8Ul-XWy4yFthr5KfOcHYCQFed makes boldest move yet/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrChristian Science Monitor/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-3fd=Rurl=http://www.kapptv.com/news/%3Fsect_rank%3D1%26section_id%3D22%26story_id%3D7595cid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNFr8bTo8w2Bd-i2wqmrbHOXhDR_LQFed is pumping $99 billion into short term bloans/b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrKAPP/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-4fd=Rurl=http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/10/07/16721/fed-eyes-drastic-move-into-unsecured-loans/cid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNGm04KonbDSx97JDcSHz8hbyxHyhwnobrFT Alphaville/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-5fd=Rurl=http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/news/economy/fed-offers-banks-36900bn-cash-loans-to-infuse-liquidity/10/07/359983cid=1254976631ei=WcHrSMLHKZqO9QTEzcT-CAusg=AFQjCNFcXbgZMFDqlAGGDo6zbvVYaIdDmgnobrMoneycontrol.com/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1254976631hl=ennobrall 1,474 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

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