CTNext

• CTNext is Connecticut’s innovation ecosystem, like an incubator helping entrepreneurs validate their ideas
• For entrepreneurs, CTNext has unique mentor programs, seminars and onsite workspaces
• CTNext is a support system that steps in with customized help right when entrepreneurs need it most

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Coastal Community Capital

• A community development financial institution issuing loans statewide
• Offers a wide range of loans including SBA offerings
• Additional resources such as mentoring and business assistance also available

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Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF)

• Focuses on cooperatives and social purpose ventures assisting low-income communities
• One of the nation’s few community development financial institutions with a focus on co-ops
• Specific focus areas of healthy food access, housing developments, and worker-owned firms and other community-based businesses and social enterprises

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Leviticus Fund

• A faith-based organization providing funding for projects that will promote social change in low-impact areas
• A variety of loans available for multiple different types of projects
• Technical assistance also available

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Cooperative Fund of New England

• A CDFI for socially conscious enterprises in the New England region
• A financing program with loans of up to $1.5 million
• Offers resources to connect borrowers with technical assistance and more

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Housing Development Fund Inc.

• A Community Development Financial Institution offering assistance with affordable housing and real estate rehabilitation
• Provides loans to both commercial developers and first-time homebuyers
• A statewide organization with inroads into New York and Massachusetts

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