Idea Funding

Financial and Capital Resources

Idea Pathway Biz Plans Idea Development Opportunity Permits Idea Challenge Financing

Many programs exist to assist your early stage product idea or business opportunity. This section provides links to programs that can assist in financing your idea development.

In an effort to help explain the various programs available for early stage business ideas, we have developed the following informational video in collaboration with the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network to describe funding.

Funding
Presenter: Pat Dillon, Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network

Zip Code (14 minutes, 28 seconds)

Ms. Dillon discusses specific funding programs that are available to turn your early stage product/service idea into reality.

The number and variety of business financial programs can be confusing. The Eau Claire Area EDC staff recommends contacting our office (715-834-0070) to discuss your specific funding needs.


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Early Stage Funding

Technology Assistance Grant (TAG)
View website.
Aids small Wisconsin technology businesses in obtaining seed, early-stage or research and development funding.

Early Planning Grant (EPG)
View website.
Helps Wisconsin individuals and small businesses obtain services to evaluate the feasibility of a start-up or expansion.

The Family and Friends
Innovation Development Fund
View link.
Funds a portion of the research needed by existing businesses or entrepreneurs seeking to bring a technological advancement to the marketplace.

Eau Claire Area
Technology Loan Pool
View link.
Provides loans for high-tech companies that cannot be secured elsewhere because of the lack of collateral.

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
View website.
Encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization.

Chippewa Valley Angel
Investors Network
715.878.9791
Email the director.
Invests in high-growth, early-stage companies that have exhausted their personal resources and need additional financing.

West Central Regional Planning
View pdf.
715.836.2918
WCWRPC offers a Technology Enterprise Fund that provides patient debt financing for early stage technology businesses.