The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) has announced a new partnership with the community-backed crowdfunding platform Kiva. Kiva allows small businesses to receive loans at zero interest for up to three years with no fees. This new partnership provides an important opportunity for anyone starting or growing a business in Buffalo and Western New York. Uncomplicated access to financial tools and resources adds a vital new component to our region’s small business ecosystem.
Kiva loans range in size from $1,000 to $15,000 with no interest for terms from 12 – 36 months. Kiva loans do not have barriers like credit scores and other hurdles that come with more traditional financing options for businesses.
BNMC is a Kiva Trustee Partner, which means we can work with directly with businesses to fast-track and endorse their applications. Those seeking this resource, or any assistance with their application should contact our Capital Access Manager, Kyria Stephens at kstephens@bnmc.org
To learn more about this new opportunity you can visit Kiva at the BNMC website here.
About Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
For more than twenty years, The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus organization (BNMC) has been a driving force of Buffalo’s economic renaissance. Throughout its management of the growth of Buffalo’s premier innovation district, the BNMC has foregrounded smart economic, social, and environmental development, prioritizing health & well-being and sustainability. Today, the BNMC is focused on the next phase of Buffalo’s ongoing resurgence, cultivating inclusive innovation in partnership with our community, and launching the IC Success (Innovation Community Success) program to support aspiring entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to help them start or grow a business. Program graduates will form the heart of Buffalo’s growing Innovation Community comprised of businesses large and small in an array of disciplines leading the region’s next wave of economic development and growth. www.bnmc.org