VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

VSBDC was incorporated in 1981 as a nonprofit, public benefit, small business development corporation under section 14000 of the California Corporations Code. As such, we are licensed to make direct loans to farmers and small businesses in our Service Area, as well as to guarantee small business loans to participating financial institutions throughout the state of California. Valley’s mission is to provide small businesses and family farms with increased access to capital through innovative direct and guarantee financing mechanisms. To further insure the successful completion of this mission, Valley collaborates with a wide variety of public and private financing institutions. Valley focuses most of our activities on the Service Area, which includes the following twelve Counties in the Central San Joaquin Valley: