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My business partner and I are looking for $100K to fill the gap between what we can get from the SBA (we need to have the 1-to-1 equity which puts us at 80% of what we are asking for).  We are opening a winery in a high tourist area in California where we bring in the grapes already juiced.  We already have lots of interest and events booked but need the $$`s from the SBA to get the doors open.  We have put in around $80K already and just need the lead to get money from an individual or group who wants to make a great investment.  Any ideas?

You might try googling something like "wine venture capital". Here is an article but seems more focused on online wine sales, http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/156821

I would try that and contact a few venture capital firms that invest in wine startups. I did similar thing for a new concept I`m working on, Medivate www.medivate.com so I searched for "medical venture capital" and found a few med vc firms.

Good luck!

Quentin

Go to www.gobignetwork.com .  Its a listing of all sorts of funding available from all over the world.  You should be able to find something there.  Good luck.

Jerik

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What are you trying to finance? Inventory? Are you looking for display`s, computers, software, and other hard assets? How is your credit score? 

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Have the bank asked for collateral? We ran into this 3 years ago. It seems that the rules with the SBA is getting tighter. You may need to collectively raise the funds between many sources. For one, try prosper.com. You have a chance of receiving 25k.