About Us

Venture North Funding and Development is a tax-exempt nonprofit that aims to assist small businesses get started and grow in northwest Michigan. One of our primary missions as a CDFI (Certified Development Financial Institution) is to reach budding businesses owners and established entrepreneurs who often go overlooked in traditional lending scenarios.

We offer low-cost, affordable loans of up to $350,000, with flexible terms, affordable, often competitive interest rates and fast decision making and turn-around.

Our free business consulting can assist small business owners with a variety of needs ranging from business planning and cashflow projections to marketing guidance and online education tools for free access to hundreds of articles, templates and more.

Since being founded 16 years ago, we have made hundreds of affordable loans, creating or retaining more than 1,200 jobs in the region. We have loaned over $11 million, leveraging nearly $30 million in addition, awarded 450 small grants amounting to over $1.2 million and provided over 8,000 hours of no-cost business consulting.

Give us a call (231-995-7115) or visit our website (venturenorthfunding.org) so we can learn more about you, your small business goals and see if we can help today!