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Business Financing

Depending on the amount of money you will need to get your business off the ground, here is a range of resources:

  • 2000 Alaska Directory of Banks and Financial Institutions
    This PDF file lists all the banks in the state including contact information.

  • BusinessFinance.com
    The Largest Network of Business Capital Search Engines

  • Ideas for using your Permanent Fund dividend as a source of startup financing.

  • Alaska Banks
    • First National Bank of Anchorage has a local branch in Haines where you can get the forms and advice you need for your business financing needs. Call them at 766-6100 or drop by their office on Main Street.
    • Wells Fargo - The largest full-service bank in Alaska, with over 50 branches, including one in Skagway, and more than 100 ATMs.
    • Denali State Bank - Locally owned community bank serving Fairbanks, Alaska.
    • First Bank - An Alaska-based commercial bank with headquarters in Ketchikan and additional branches in Juneau, Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Prince of Wales Island.
    • First Interstate Bank of Alaska - A full service, community owned and operated Anchorage financial services company.
    • Mt. McKinley Bank - Community bank offers banking products and services in Fairbanks, Alaska.
    • Northrim Bank - A locally-owned and managed commercial bank headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.

  • Small Business Economic Development Loan Program
    Loans from the Alaska State Division of Investments to support job creation in Haines and other communities. View and print Loan Applications.

  • Commercial Fishing Revolving Loan Fund:
    Loans from the Alaska State Division of Investments , program objectives are; To promote Alaska's commercial fishing industry.To preserve commercial fishing as a traditional way of life in rural Alaska.To reduce the flow of permits from rural Alaska.

  • Alaska InvestNet
    Where Alaska's Talent Meets Alaska's Capital. A site containing information about this investor network. Submit your business plan for consideration!

  • Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) Southeast Revolving Loan Fund
    If you have a project that will create or retain jobs in Southeast Alaska, the Revolving Loan Fund might be the lender you've been looking for. The Southeast Alaska Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) was created by the Juneau Economic Development Council in 1997. Its purpose is to bridge the financial gap between what banks will finance and what the business community needs. Our goal is to provide financing for viable projects that will create and retain quality jobs and help to diversify local economies in Southeast Alaska.

  • Entrepeneurial Edge Interactive Toolbox
    Downloadable form templates for a wide range of important financial documents and submissions.

  • Sources of Seafood Industry Financing (PDF)

  • The Alaska Economic Development Resource Guide is designed to bring together in one place an inventory of programs and services which can provide economic development assistance to Alaska communities and businesses.

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