Will the Early Stage Innovation Program Make a Difference?

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the start of the Early Stage Innovation Fund, a program that will provide $200 million per year in equity funding ?over the next five years,? to ?early-stage companies [that] face difficult challenges accessing capital, particularly those without the necessary assets or cash flow for traditional bank funding.?

Ray Leach of Jump Start America argued that the new fund will dramatically increase the amount of capital available to the founders of highRead More

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Will the Early Stage Innovation Program Make a Difference?

Taryn Manning Nikki Cox Carla Gugino Ana Hickmann Mischa Barton