Small Business Loans
We’ve Won A 2017 CDFI Fund Award
Great news! We’re excited to announce that Pacific Community Ventures has been awarded a 2017 CDFI Fund award, to support our programs delivering capital to small businesses across California that create good jobs for working people and build community wealth from the bottom up. In 2016, the small businesses in our lending program grew revenues by […]
Sep 19, 2017 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen
Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen is an Ethiopian restaurant located in downtown San Francisco. The owners, Selamawet (Nani) Tsegaye and Elias Shawel, are immigrants from Ethiopia and opened their first location in the Tenderloin District in 2014. Their dishes range from vegan chickpeas (kik alicha wot) to lamb and injera (firfir – lamb alicha banatu). Prices for […]
Aug 15, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
We Need Your Small Business’ Voice
Here at Pacific Community Ventures, we’ve seen firsthand though our work with small businesses that job creation alone is insufficient to create lasting economic change in underserved communities and for working people. We view the advancement of quality jobs as an important avenue to better support underserved communities and address rising income and wealth inequality […]
Jul 24, 2017 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Native Juice Co.
Native Juice Co. is a juice and smoothie bar that specializes in fresh beverages made from local ingredients. The company also serves healthy snacks such as salads, wraps, avocado toasts, and soba noodle dishes. The owners support the broader local economy and local producers by sourcing all of their ingredients from Bay Area farmers’ markets […]
May 18, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
PCV Reaffirms Our Support For The Small Business Borrower’s Bill of Rights
We work with small business owners who have a dream, but who don’t have big built-in networks or access to enormous sums of capital. For example, the fastest-growing group of Americans starting new ventures is African-American women. But you’d never know that based on where the money is going. Sarah Kersten Studio in Berkeley has […]
May 02, 2017 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Thriving Small Businesses Means A Thriving Bay Area
Picture a few of your favorite small and independent businesses. Maybe you love stopping by Equator Coffee or Boba Guys on the way into work, shopping at Benny Gold or Heath Ceramics, working out at The Dailey Method, or sitting down at Brown Sugar Kitchen and hoping a few Warriors grab the table next to […]
Apr 14, 2017 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Four Steps To Secure A Loan For Your Small Business
As a small business grows, it’s almost inevitable that it will need some type of capital injection. Even if you’re doing everything right, there are times when your profit just isn’t enough to reinvest into the business to take advantage of new opportunities. Perhaps the company needs to hire more people, expand to a new […]
Mar 07, 2017 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Get Ready For Small Business Saturday 2016
Now in its seventh year, Small Business Saturday serves as the kickoff to the holiday shopping season for small businesses across the United States. Each year, shoppers spend tens of billions at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″]Why Is Small Business Saturday So Important?[/custom_headline] Focusing on small businesses and local jobs […]
Nov 11, 2016 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Maker’s Common
Maker’s Common is a combined eatery and retail market, located in Downtown Berkeley, from the team that created the popular Mission Cheese restaurant in San Francisco. The restaurant is opening in 2017, and the team’s plan for the space is to have — of course — tons of cheese, plus charcuterie, wine, bread, and beer […]
Nov 11, 2016 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Preservation & Co.
Preservation & Co. offers a line of jams inspired by cocktails, and also cocktail mixes and pickled products. It was founded by Jason Poole in 2011, after he’d worked for 17 years in the service and hospitality industry. His passion for food got bigger and bigger, and he decided to start the company as a […]
Nov 11, 2016 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Boba Guys
Boba Guys offers artisanal boba and tea. The company brews real tea leaves and never uses powder. All teas are steeped in house. They have partnered with local producers like Straus Family Creamery to use organic milk and offer Califia almond milk or organic soy milk for non-dairy alternatives. For sweeteners, the company makes their […]
Oct 31, 2016 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
PCV Is Adding Microloans To Our Small Business Lending Program
We’re thrilled to announce that beginning today PCV is offering microloans in amounts of $10,000–$50,000 to help California small businesses add jobs, purchase equipment, expand their inventories, repair machinery, or get through construction. PCV’s small business loan program started during the Recession, when many major banks stopped offering business loans under $250,000. This capital crunch […]