Ask any rural business owner what the hardest part about starting and growing a company is and I can almost guarantee you will get the same answer nine times out of ten – finding access to capital. Our business, Northern...
The Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) announced a $300,000 investment in Aqua ViTea, LLC, to support the continued growth of the Company’s Vermont operations today. Aqua ViTea employs 34 Vermonters, producing Kombucha, a handcrafted, tea-based, functional health beverage....
For Immediate Release July 14, 2016 The Flexible Capital Fund announces the addition of Encore Renewable Energy to their socially responsible investment portfolio. The $400,000 of permanent working capital will enable Encore to hire new staff to support business development,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2016 Eden Specialty Ciders (formerly Eden Ice Cider) is poised for growth with $200,000 in permanent working capital from the Flexible Capital Fund, a socially responsible investment fund that provides flexible debt to growth-stage companies...
Excerpt from Burlington Free Press Two growing Vermont companies specializing in renewable power and natural-resource efficiency have received a total of $600,000 in investments from Flexible Capital Fund L3C, according to a statement from the low-profit financier. “Royalty financing” of...
Excerpt from vermontbiz.com Aegis Renewable Energy, a Vermont based renewable energy company, designed and installed the first commercial wind turbine in New York City at “Sunset Park” SIMS Municipal Recycling plant in Brooklyn. Aegis erected the 100kW wind turbine in...
Excerpt from nonprofitquarterly.org Earlier this month state, regulators in Oregon created a crowdfunding investment program in conjunction with Portland’s Hatch that will capitalize small local business. It allows businesses in the state to raise up to $250,000 in capital from...
Common Good Vermont interviews Janice St. Onge, the Deputy Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Inc. and President of the VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C. Janice discusses the importance of capital for Vermont’s innovative businesses, how the Flexible Capital Fund has...