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Capital Raise Blog Series - Vol 12 - What is Microlending?

RKJ Partners

Microlending was specifically earmarked in the 2009 economic stimulus bill which granted $54 million to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for lending and technical assistance to microlending groups. Today, virtually all microlenders in America are organized as non-profit organizations and serve as local intermediaries for federal funds.

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24 venture capital firms you need to know about – Growth Business guide

Growth Business

By Rory Bennett on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success On the face of it, Britain’s venture capital firms have never been more ready to invest in your start-up. Last year, venture capital raised £6.8 Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664 million.

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Covid-19 Impact on US Private Capital Raising Activity in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Many institutional and private investors found new homes for their cash in distressed debt funds, which caused the total size of those funds to quadruple, to nearly $1T between March 15 and April 1 [6]. These distressed debt and special situation funds — often labeled “COVID-19 opportunity funds” — were the source of 29.9%