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Start-Ups and Small Business Resources

Business Accelerators
 

Cleveland 200 
FlashStarts
Plug and Play
JumpStart

  • Evergreen Fund - Convertible debt fund focused on high potential, innovation oriented companies with large potential markets and breakthrough potential

Co-Working Spaces

StartMart
Tenk Building
Spaces & Co.
City Club
Regus

 

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses 

Participants gain practical skills in topics such as negotiation, marketing, and employee management, receive the tools and professional support to develop a strategic and customized growth plan.
 

Small Business Development Centers



 

ECDI

SBA microlender targeting entrepreneurs/businesses that are unable to get traditional bank financing with loans up to $350,000 to start or expand a business. Loans can be used for inventory, working capital and equipment.

 
 

Global Cleveland Entrepreneur In Residence

Ohio Third Frontier

  • ·Commercial Acceleration Loan Fund - Bridges the gap between an early-stage entrepreneurs' need for capital and traditional commercial sources of financing primarily reserved for established businesses; supports businesses that display potential to grow substantially in size and value over a relativity short period of time.

 

Start-Up NASA

 

Tech Central
 
National Development Council

  • The Grow Cuyahoga County Fund

 Loans ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. The loans will generally be at rates of prime minus 2% to prime plus 2%, for terms up to 25 years depending on the proposed use of funds.

  • Capital Access Fund (CAF)

Provides minority business owners with access to capital offering 50 loans totaling $8 million as well as pre- and post-loan counseling to ensure the success of those small business borrowers.

About DCA

​​Downtown Cleveland Alliance is the not-for-profit organization dedicated to building a dynamic downtown. We're committed to making Downtown Cleveland the most compelling place to live, work and play.

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DCA Headquarters

1010 Euclid Ave., 3rd Floor

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

216.736.7799dtcle@downtowncleveland.com
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