Small Business Investment Company. A private investment company licensed by...
A Small Business Investment Company, licensed by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Small Business Investment Companies. SBIC's are licensed and regulated by the SBA to provide funding for small businesses. They may borrow funds from the government at low interest rates and prefer to use those funds for debt lending rather than equity so that the loan repayments from the small business can cover the SBIC's borrowing from the government.
Small Business Investment Company. a company licensed by the Small Business Administration to receive government capital in the form of debt or equity in order to use in private equity investing.
See SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Small Business Investment Companies. Privately owned companies, licensed and regulated by the Small Business Administration. The SBA provides equity capital and long-term financing.
Small Business Investment Corporation. The U.S. Federal Government program that provides matching funds to venture capital firms to augment the amount they have available to invest. The SBIC program was created by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. The Small Business Administration ("SBA") is the administrator for the program and is responsible for licensing SBICs. The program recognizes the efficacy of having private individuals, not the government, investing money in entrepreneurial ventures. Traditionally, venture funds that receive SBIC money have been considered lower-tier investors. That perception may be changing.
SBICs are licensed by the SBA as federally funded private venture capital firms. Money is available to small businesses under a variety of agreements.
Small Business Investment Company. SBICs, licensed by the Small Business Administration, are privately owned and managed investment firms. They are participants in a vital partnership between government and the private sector economy. With their own capital and with funds borrowed at favorable rates through the Federal Government, SBICs provide venture capital to small independent businesses, both new and already established.
Small Business Investment Companies. SBICs (Small Business Investment Companies) are lending and investment firms that are licensed by the federal government. The licensing enables them to borrow from the federal government to supplement the private funds of their investors. Some of these funds engage only in making loans to small businesses or invest only in specific industries. The majority, however, are organized to make venture capital investments in a wide variety of businesses.
Small Business Investment Company. A company licensed by the Small Business Administration to receive government leverage in order to raise capital to use in venture investing.
Small Business Investment Companies are licensed and regulated by the Small Business Administration to provide provide funding for businesses. They may borrow funds from the government at low interest rates. They prefer debt lending over equity so that their loan repayments can cover their borrowing from the government. At nvst.com, SBICs are classified as Investors.
Small Business Investment Companies - Private investment firm licensed by the SBA to provide small businesses with debt/equity financing. SBICs prefer investments between $100,000 to $250,000 and have much more generous underwriting guidelines than a venture capital firm.