Benji Taylor Jones from Ward and Smith, P.A. discusses crowdfunding.

An exploration of the EB-5 program including program specifics and how it ties in with crowdfunding.

This month's CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast , our expert speakers explored locavesting to demonstrate how to unlock this new and innovative development finance resource in your community.

McGuireWoods' white paper explains how the SEC's Regulation A+ works and provides practical considerations to be taken into account in deciding whether to pursue this approach.

Representatives from the California Association of Micro Enterprise Opportunity and California Pollution Control Financing Authority look at how California creates access to capital for micro businesses and enterprises.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, John Haines with Mercy Corps Global Innovations along with Michael Schrader and Steven White with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP discussed the financing structure that supported a place based specific solution for a community in need. 

This directory provides an overview of various sources of financing that may be available to food hubs and other food-related businesses. This directory is a partial listing of what may be available across the United States; some examples may not be a good match with your particular circumstances. Many of the funding sources listed in this directory are available for local food-related businesses across the United States, but several additional funding websites are specifically for Michigan.

Amy Campbell Bogie of the National Coalition for Community Capital discusses how to create a crowdfunding ecosystem with a focus on North Carolina.

Mike O'Donnell (Colorado Lending Source) discusses how small businesses are financed and the various access to capital challenges they face. In addition, it will showcase a variety of small business financing solutions and explore how they work for different types of businesses.

Amy Pearl of Hatch Innovation and Noah Brockman of Oregon SBDC Network provide an overview of the crowdfunding process in Oregon.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, Lamont Price with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Teela Spiller with the Atlanta Micro Fund, and Eric Clement with the NYCEDC highlighted several development finance programs that have proven effective in attracting venture and start-up capital.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, John Haines with Mercy Corps Global Innovations along with Michael Schrader and Steven White with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP discussed the financing structure that supported a place based specific solution for a community in need. 

Crowdsourcing.org defines crowdfunding as “the use of small amounts of capital from a large number of individuals to finance a new business venture.” This financing mechanism has become immensely popular with entrepreneurs and small businesses as can be seen by the growth of websites such as GoFundMe and Kickstarter. States across the nation are adopting legislation to support this new style of finance. Some states have even partnered with crowdfunding providers or offered grant programs to encourage its use. During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series Diane Wolverton and Kim Vincent from The Local Crowd, LLC, Trey Sherwood from the Laramie Main Street Alliance and Katharine Czarnecki from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation present on the approaches their communities are taking to support crowdfunding.

This month's CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast , our expert speakers explored locavesting to demonstrate how to unlock this new and innovative development finance resource in your community.

The CDFA California Financing Roundtable in partnership with CALED produced this webcast on "Creative Economic Development Financing," in which experts discussed  PACE, EB-5, and innovation finance.  Speakers were Cisco DeVries of Renewable Funding, Ginny Fang of Golden Gate Global, and Samuel Wu of Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP.