Entrepreneurial Development Loan Fund

The Entrepreneurial Development Loan Fund provides initial direct loans to help companies get started in Oregon. This fund:

  • assists micro-enterprise and small businesses;
  • fills a niche not provided through traditional lending markets; and
  • offers small-business counseling.

Participants must meet one of the following three criteria:

  • Have revenues of less than $500,000 in the previous 12 months
  • Be a business owned by a severely disabled person