Business Resources & Financing

We're serious about helping you succeed in Manchester. Whether you're relocating or growing, just starting or planning your next corporate move, we've got the resources to get it done.

Amoskeag Business Incubator
The Amoskeag Business Incubator supports early-stage entrepreneurs so that their businesses have the best chance to survive and flourish. Their principal function is to centralize a wide variety of support systems for the entrepreneur. The Incubator leases commercial space to businesses, offering flexible lease terms, access to office equipment and additional common space that includes conference room and kitchen areas. The Incubator also provides important technical assistance to entrepreneurs.

New Hampshire Business Resource Center
Citizens Job Bank, a joint project of the NH Business Resource Center and Citizens Bank, makes available low interest loans for fixed asset financing to companies that commit to creating or expanding jobs. A minimum of one full-time job must be created within three years of the completion of the project for each $40,000 borrowed. The minimum loan is $250,000 and the maximum is $10 million. To obtain more information, contact the NH Business Resource Center at 603-271-2591 or Citizens Bank at 888-358-0100.

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority
The Business Finance Authority (BFA) is a self-funded State entity created in 1992 to foster economic development and create employment in New Hampshire. The BFA accomplished these objectives by working with New Hampshire's banking, business, and economic development sectors to develop and implement programs which expand the availability of business credit within the State.

SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration offers several programs in cooperation with local banks that may increase the availability and reduce the costs of business financing.

Manchester Development Corporation
The Manchester Development Corporation is a non-profit corporation closely affiliated with the City of Manchester. Through its Investment Committee, it may make loans, with approval of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, to promote economic development of the City, based upon its Investment Guidelines.

MicroCredit NH
MircroCredit-NH provides self-employed and small business entrepreneurs with loans of up to $10,000 for participating business members.

Southern NH Regional Planning Commission
SNHPC serves as the coordinating agency for the planning initiatives of thirteen communities in the region. By taking a regional approach to address development concerns, the Commission crafts effective and efficient solutions that will preserve the special character and valuable resources of the region.

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated in 1911, the GMCC is the largest business organization in the greater Manchester area, focusing its efforts primarily on the ten communities of Auburn, Bedford, Candia, Derry, Goffstown, Hooksett, Litchfield, Londonderry, Manchester, and Merrimack. The Chamber provides members with marketing opportunities, economic indicators, listings in the area's only business directory, legislative bulletins, representation in both local and state government and more.

Intown Manchester
Intown Manchester serves the downtown business community, providing maintenance and beautification services, hosting large-scale events that bring the community to the downtown area and advocating for downtown businesses.

NH Small Business Development Center
The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center is the key link to business assistance in New Hampshire and to programs offered through the University System, the State of New Hampshire, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the private sector. The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center offers free, one-on-one, confidential business counseling, low cost training programs, and access to information and referral. Specialized services include environmental counseling, manufacturing assistance, and innovative economic development initiatives.

NH International Trade Resource Center
The New Hampshire International Trade Resource Center's unique alliance of state, federal and private sector organizations - all conveniently housed in one single location - offers a full spectrum of information, programs and customized services. The Trade Center also offers an extensive international business library, the statewide hub of the International Trade Data Network, a worldwide network of Commercial Consuls, a European-based logistics center, overseas virtual offices and more.

Venture Capital and Angel Investors

Borealis Ventures
Borealis Ventures is a seed and early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in companies in Northern New England.

The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is an informal group of angel investors with a focus on high tech business opportunities.

CEI Community Ventures
CEI Ventures wholly-owned subsidiary of Coastal Enterprizes, Inc. ("CEI"), a not-for-profit Community Development Corporation, that manages two venture capital funds with total commitments of $25.54 million. These funds make equity investments in companies with the potential to grow profitably and provide attractive financial returns. CEI seeks to create quality employment opportunities, promote progressive management practices, support socially beneficial products and services to benefit qualifying communities.

Northeast Angels
Northeast Angels is an early-stage investment group which works with entrepreneurs and businesses located in the Northeast with a focus on opportunities located around the business corridor between Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire and surrounding communities.

Vested For Growth
Vested for Growth (VfG) is a resource to help New Hampshire entrepreneurs and their employees realize their shared ambitions. (VfG) was launched by the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund to put capital and tested tools to work for small businesses in New Hampshire. It is rooted in a business philosophy that entrepreneurs outperform their peers in growth and profitability when they engage their employees in decision-making and share profits with them.

Merchant Banc
MerchantBanc recognizes under-served markets as viable places of entrepreneural activity and for venture capital investment. MerchantBanc is rooted in the philosophy that three components make growth oriented companies flourish - a good supply of venture capital, experienced and connected entrepreneurs and skilled labor. MerchantBanc's market building strategy is designed to provide its markets with these same resources, promoting entrepreneurial success.