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Startup & 0% credit funding

Capital for the business that doesn't have a track record yet.

New LLCs, pre-revenue ventures, acquisitions and franchises. When there is no operating history to underwrite, lenders underwrite you — your credit profile, your retirement assets, or the cash flow of the business you are buying. Sequence it correctly and it is worth six figures.

Typical round
$50k–$175k
Intro rate
0% / 9–15 mo
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Revenue required
None
Two startup founders packing their first product orders in a new studio workspace

The chicken-and-egg problem, solved in a specific order.

No revenue, no lender

Revenue-based products need deposits you don't have yet. That rules out most of the market and leaves a narrow set of programs that underwrite the owner instead.

Applying one card at a time

Five applications over five months means every issuer sees the last four inquiries. The same credit file, applied in a coordinated round, produces two to three times the capital.

Spending the score once

A badly run funding round wrecks the profile you'll need for an SBA loan in year two. The order you take capital in matters more than the first approval.

Programs

Four ways new businesses get capitalized.

0% business credit funding

A coordinated round of unsecured business credit cards with introductory 0% periods, converted into usable working capital.

  • $50,000–$175,000 typical at 700+ FICO
  • 0% for 9–15 months on most approvals
  • Funded in 2–4 weeks
  • No revenue history or collateral required

High-limit business credit cards

Ongoing revolving capacity in the entity's name with a personal guaranty, building the business credit file you'll use later.

  • Limits set largely by reported income
  • Balances generally stay off your personal report
  • Builds entity trade lines from day one
  • Pairs with net-30 vendor accounts

ROBS — rollover for business startups

Use existing retirement funds to capitalize a new C-corporation penalty-free. Equity, not debt, so there is no monthly payment against a business with no revenue.

  • No early withdrawal penalty or tax event
  • Best above ~$75,000 in a qualifying account
  • Requires a qualified plan administrator
  • Ongoing annual compliance obligations

Acquisition & franchise financing

Skip the revenue-history problem entirely by buying a business that already has one, using SBA leverage at roughly 10 percent down.

  • Funding to buy an existing business up to $5M
  • Seller note on standby can offset injection
  • Franchise brands in the SBA directory qualify
  • Industry management experience strongly weighted

Qualification

What makes a startup round work

  • 680+ personal FICO (700+ substantially increases the total)
  • Revolving utilization under 20% at the time of application
  • Two or fewer hard inquiries in the trailing six months
  • Three or more trade lines with 24+ months of history
  • A registered entity with EIN, business address and verifiable phone
  • A written use of funds with repayment inside the introductory window
  • No hard credit pullConsultations use a soft review only.
  • No upfront feesWe're paid by lenders on funded deals.
  • One advisorNot a call center or a lead marketplace.
  • Your data stays hereWe never sell or resell your information.

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Startup capital, in the order that preserves your options

Searches like best small business loans for startups, business loans for new LLCs, how to get business funding with personal credit and unsecured business line of credit for startups all converge on the same reality: with no operating history, your personal credit profile is the business's balance sheet.

Treat it as infrastructure. Keep utilization low, keep your oldest accounts open, avoid inquiries in the ninety days before a round, and never let a 0% balance run past the introductory date. Owners who protect the profile fund their second and third rounds far more cheaply than owners who spend it once.

Then sequence deliberately. A round of business credit taken today can block an SBA approval next year if it leaves heavy revolving balances on the file. Conversely, an equipment note taken first can build the entity history that makes an unsecured line possible in month twelve. We map that order before anything is submitted.

How it works

Three steps. No application until it's worth filing.

Most funding sites push you into a form and sell the lead. We start with a conversation, because the right product depends on facts a form can't capture.

  1. 01

    Funding readiness consultation

    15–20 minutes, by phone

    An advisor reviews your revenue, credit position, existing debt and timeline. No documents, no application, no hard credit pull. You leave the call knowing which products you actually qualify for today.

  2. 02

    Your funding strategy

    Same or next business day

    We build a written plan: the specific programs to pursue, in what order, the realistic amount and cost of each, and what to fix first if a stronger approval is 30 days away.

  3. 03

    Placement and close

    24 hours to 90 days by product

    We package your file, submit to the right lenders rather than every lender, negotiate terms, and stay on the file through funding. You get one point of contact, not a call center.

Questions

Straight answers before you call

Yes. At 700 to 739, owners typically access $50,000 to $110,000 through coordinated business credit rounds, most of it at 0% for an introductory period of 9 to 15 months. That assumes utilization under 20 percent, two or fewer recent inquiries, three or more seasoned trade lines and no derogatories in 24 months.

Find out what your credit profile is actually worth.

A soft review tells you the realistic round size, the issuers to approach, the order to approach them in, and what to fix first if waiting thirty days doubles the number.

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