Colorado Microloans range from $5,000 to $50,000 to help start-ups and entrepreneurial small businesses that are underserved by traditional debt markets. Preference is given to businesses in rural areas. These small, character-based loans have terms up to eight years. The maximum interest rate is the prime rate plus 2%.
The Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC) created this program. Our Business Funding and Incentives division funds and administers it, and three nonprofit lenders make the loans.
Overview
Type: Loan
For: Startups and small businesses
Amount: $5,000 to $50,000 per business
Application deadline: Rolling
OEDIT division: Business Funding and Incentives
The borrower needs to:
- have no more than 15 employees at the time the loan is made
- be a for-profit entity in Colorado with a majority of employees working in Colorado
- have a substantial possibility to become a viable business with the potential to create good jobs
- be documented by the lender as an “underserved small business”
- meet the lender’s underwriting standards
Businesses may contact one of three lenders to apply for a Colorado Microloan. You can apply to more than one lender and receive loans from more than one lender.
Colorado Lending Source
Mike O'Donnell, Executive Director
mike@coloradolendingsource.org
(303) 657-4812
First Southwest Community Fund
Sherry L. Waner, Specialized Lending Department Manager
AllSpecialLending@fswb.com
(970) 946-6160
Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado
Laura Lewis Marchino, Executive Director
laura@scan.org
(970) 247-9621
Program Manager
