Combining other financing options with SBA Loans

Member resources:

Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

Post a question, deal, job, etc...

Make a post...

Complete registration to post.

by a searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
in West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA

5yrs ago

Combining other financing options with SBA Loans

Hi - I'm exploring SBA Loans and wondering if SBA Lenders also syndicate with other types of loans? (e.g. would any of these lenders finance above the $5M SBA Loan capacity: redacted)

It may not be possible given the SBA Loan requirements (% of equity injected), but I thought there are structures that satisfy the requirements while allowing for additional debt, such as $5M SBA Loan + $2.5M Junior debt + $2.5M equity (25%).

2 Likes

212 Views

reply by a lender 5yrs ago
from California State University, Sacramento in Seattle, WA, USA

Live Oak Bank has a SBA + Live Oak Jr. Debt structure to help finance larger deals. We can maximize the SBA $5MM debt (10 year term) and add our own Live Oak Jr debt in second position (7 year Term) Feel free to email me for further details. redacted

reply by a searcher 5yrs ago
from Baruch College in Las Vegas, NV, USA

Hi Thomas - I'm with a family office that offers non-SBA senior and/or sub debt term loans. We are very flexible on terms (no PG required) and are generally patient (2+ years interest only).

Feel free to send over some details: redacted