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Who provides it: national examples

A short list of examples, not a full directory. For three kinds of finance, an official list or data set picks out a few large firms by a rule we state: the SBA lenders that lend in almost every state, the largest SBICs, and the crowdfunding platforms most offerings go through. Most lenders work in one state or a few: to find them, use the official searches for your state.

Last checked: November 1, 2026Nobody pays to be listedAlphabetical, not rankedSomething wrong or out of date?

Being listed is not an endorsement, and a firm not listed is no worse for it. Each firm is here only because the rule stated above its list picked it out. Whether one will lend to you or invest is for you and the firm: check the terms with it, and check it on the register for its kind before you sign.

SBA 7(a) lenders that lend across the country

How these were chosen: The lenders that made SBA 7(a) loans to businesses in at least 45 of the 50 states in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), from the SBA's own 7(a) Lender Activity Report. There were 13, and between them they made 48% of the 78,011 7(a) loans that year. One has since merged into another, so 12 are listed.

1,426 lenders made 7(a) loans that year, and 861 of them made loans in only one state or territory. A local lender may know your market better: your state's page links to the SBA's own searches.

Cadence Bank, one of the 13, merged into The Huntington National Bank on February 1, 2026, so it is not listed. (FDIC BankFind: structure history of Cadence Bank, certificate 11813)

Source: SBA: 7(a) & 504 Activity Reports, FY2025 Year End (7(a) Lender Activity Report, data as of 9/30/2025), data to September 30, 2025, read November 1, 2026. About this type of finance: SBA 7(a) loans, SBA Express loans, SBA lines of credit (CAPLines and others), SBA export loans.

Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs)

How these were chosen: The 10 largest by fund size of the 240 SBICs that the SBA's directory shows as making new investments (it lists 376). SBICs are private investment funds licensed by the SBA. The directory gives where each fund's office is, not where it invests.

SBICs invest larger sums: of the 142 funds making new investments that the directory gives an average investment for, 133 put in $1 million or more on average. Its filters find funds by strategy and by the state of their office.

  • Acequia Capital Origin SBIC LP

    Seattle, WA

    SBIC managed by Acequia Capital

    Strategy: Early Venture (venture). Fund size $1,427 million. Making new investments.

  • Argosy Investment Partners SBIC VI, L.P.

    Wayne, PA

    SBIC managed by Argosy Private Equity

    Strategy: Buyout (private equity). Fund size $350 million. Making new investments.

  • Brookside Capital Fund V SBIC, L.P.

    Stamford, CT

    SBIC managed by Brookside Capital Partners

    Strategy: Mezzanine (private credit). Fund size $351 million. Making new investments.

  • Canapi Ventures SBIC Fund, L.P.

    Washington, DC

    SBIC managed by CenterHarbor Canapi Ventures Investment Advisors LLC

    Strategy: Venture (venture). Fund size $524 million. Making new investments.

  • Five Points Credit SBIC IV, L.P.

    Winston-Salem, NC

    SBIC managed by Five Points Capital, Inc.

    Strategy: Mezzanine (hybrid). Fund size $353 million. Making new investments.

  • Kian Growth Partners III, L.P.

    Charlotte, NC

    SBIC managed by Kian Capital

    Strategy: Buyout (hybrid). Fund size $388 million. Making new investments.

  • ONE Bow River National Defense Fund, LP

    Colorado Springs, CO

    SBIC managed by ONE SBIC Fund, LLC

    Strategy: Growth Equity (growth equity). Fund size $503 million. Making new investments.

  • Renovus Capital Partners III, L.P.

    Wayne, PA

    SBIC managed by Renovus Capital Partners

    Strategy: Buyout (private equity). Fund size $360 million. Making new investments.

  • RFE Investment Partners IX, L.P.

    New Canaan, CT

    SBIC managed by RFE Investment Partners

    Strategy: Buyout (private equity). Fund size $362 million. Making new investments.

  • Valesco Fund III, L.P.

    Dallas, TX

    SBIC managed by Valesco Industries

    Strategy: Hybrid Debt/Equity (hybrid). Fund size $397 million. Making new investments.

Source: SBA: SBIC directory (with its CSV download), data to November 1, 2026, read November 1, 2026. About this type of finance: Venture capital, Private credit and mezzanine debt, Private equity, Management buyout.

Crowdfunding portals and broker-dealers (Regulation Crowdfunding)

How these were chosen: The 10 intermediaries that the most new Regulation Crowdfunding offerings (Form C) were filed through from October 2025 to September 2026, in the SEC's Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets: 733 of the 834 offerings, which went through 41 intermediaries in all. Eight are funding portals on FINRA's list; two are broker-dealers.

Listed by name only. We never name an offering on any of them, and listing one is not a view on any investment. FINRA's list has every funding portal it regulates.

  • Climatize Earth Securities LLC

    Also known as Climatize

    Santa Cruz, CA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-360

    26 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • DealMaker Securities LLC

    New York, NY

    Broker-dealer, SEC file number 8-70756

    88 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA BrokerCheck: DealMaker Securities LLC, CRD 315324

  • GigaStar Portal LLC

    Also known as GigaStar Market

    Chicago, IL

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-376

    12 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • Honeycomb Portal LLC

    Also known as HoneyComb

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-119

    196 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • NetCapital Funding Portal Inc.

    Boston, MA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-35

    22 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • OpenDeal Portal LLC

    Also known as Republic

    New York, NY

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-167

    37 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • PicMii Crowdfunding LLC

    Also known as Highlander Crowdfunding

    Lancaster, PA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-246

    27 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • SMBX, Inc.

    Also known as SMBX

    San Francisco, CA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-129

    17 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

  • StartEngine Primary, LLC

    Burbank, CA

    Broker-dealer, SEC file number 8-70060

    74 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA BrokerCheck: StartEngine Primary, LLC, CRD 291773

  • Wefunder Portal LLC

    Also known as Wefunder

    San Francisco, CA

    Funding portal, SEC file number 7-33

    234 new offerings filed through it, October 2025 to September 2026

    FINRA: Funding Portals We Regulate

Source: SEC: Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3), data to September 30, 2026, read November 1, 2026. About this type of finance: Regulation Crowdfunding.

Find a lender in your state

SBA 504 lenders, SBA microloan lenders, community lenders (CDFIs), banks and credit unions mostly work in one state or a few, so we name none of them here. Each state's page links to the official searches, filtered to that state where the search allows it:

Pick a state

Not listed here

Factoring companies, equipment finance companies, merchant cash advance providers, online lenders and brokers have no official national list to choose from, so we name none. Before you sign with one, check it is licensed: Check a lender or platform says which register to search, and your state's page names its lending regulator. Stock exchanges are on the listing route's page.

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