SCALE: Access to Capital
Access tailored resources, guidance, and funding opportunities to navigate the loan process and achieve growth.
SCALE: Success, Capital Access and Leadership for Entrepreneurs
was created by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) to help California’s diverse small businesses across the state access more resources to start up, grow, and create jobs.
No matter where you are in your business journey, securing the right funding is key. Complete our short interest form, and we’ll connect you with the tools and support you need to succeed!
HOW WE CAN HELP
The CalAsian Chamber is proud to participate in the SCALE Program as a resource partner. working to ensure underserved small businesses, including businesses run by women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans, as well as businesses in low-to-moderate-wealth, rural, or disaster-impacted communities, are ready to access funding.
- Raising awareness of funding opportunities
- Providing one-on-one coaching to help business owners navigate the loan process
- Providing one-on-one coaching and training on financial, legal, and accounting topics,
- Preparing loan applications, and
- Determining what financing products are the best fit.
DID YOU KNOW
Small businesses who receive a small business loan or other financing:
- Are 54% more likely to qualify for future business loans;
- Are 54% more likely to survive; and
- Increase their sales by an average of 41%.
Don’t miss out on these opportunities—get started today!
Funding for this $25.3 million Program comes from the U.S. Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which was created by the U.S. Congress in 2010 and reauthorized through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Additionally, it will support the deployment of $1.1 billion in federal funding separately approved for capital support programs from the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) and the California Pollution Control Financing Authority. Lenders across the state are expected to leverage the $1.1 billion in funding for existing capital support programs into $18 billion in new loans for small businesses.