Contact Main Street Launch
- Address
- 2101 Webster Street Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94612
- Phone
- 510-763-4297
- Website
- mainstreetlaunch.org
Where they lend
Main Street Launch is an SBA-approved microloan intermediary serving California.
What an SBA microloan is
The SBA does not lend directly. It funds intermediaries like Main Street Launch, who lend up to $50,000 to small businesses and start-ups that banks usually turn down. The average loan is around $13,000, terms run up to seven years, and decisions rest with the intermediary rather than the SBA.
Almost every intermediary asks for the same things: a written business plan, financial projections, what the money is for, and your credit history. The plan is where most applications stall.
Before you apply
Main Street Launch will ask for a business plan with your application. We write SBA-ready plans built for microloan applications, with the financial projections lenders expect.
Other microloan lenders in California
- AmPac Tri-State CDC, Inc.
- Arcata Economic Development Corporation
- California Coastal Rural Development Corporation
- Fresno Community Development Financial Institution
- Mission Economic Development Agency
- Opening Doors, Inc.
- Opportunity Fund Northern California
- Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment
- Sierra Economic Development Corporation
- Southeast Asian Community Center
- TMC Development Working Solutions
- Valley Economic Development Center
- Valley Small Business Development Corporation
- Women’s Economic Ventures
