Startup Funding Programme

Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program

SBIC program is an SBA scheme in which licensed private funds invest debt and equity in US small businesses

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TrustList summary

Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program is run by the Small Business Administration, which licenses and regulates privately managed investment funds. Those funds can add SBA-guaranteed borrowing to their private capital, then invest debt and equity in US small businesses. The programme has run since 1958.

What Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program offers

Debt and equity investment: SBICs invest in small businesses as debt, equity or both.
Government-guaranteed capital: SBA backing comes as a guaranteed loan to the fund, matched with privately raised capital.
Standard Debenture and Accrual SBICs: two licence types aimed at different cash-flow profiles.
Varied focus: more than 300 licensed SBICs, each with its own profile by industry, geography and company stage.

Who it serves

US small businesses with at least 51% of employees and assets within the US that meet SBA size standards. Farmland, real estate and financing businesses do not qualify. SBICs typically target mature, profitable businesses.

Key facts

Running since: 1958
Stage: Growth
Licensed funds: more than 300

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Trust Score

4/ 100

Trust Score: New

An earned signal from verification, reviews, awards, transparency and engagement - the vendor can't buy it.

Verification

0/100 · 20%

Reviews

0/100 · 30%

Awards

0/100 · 15%

Transparency

18/100 · 20%

Engagement

0/100 · 15%

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Updated 9/17/2026

Rankings

Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #7 on 1 and #13 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program has no reviews yet, 2 of the 10 profile details we look for and a Trust Score of 4. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Startup funding programme · 2 rankings

#7of 9
United states of america
It is the only one of the 9 here listing growth stage.
Of the 9 here, 4 also cover seed stage.
Behind Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), ahead of Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR).
#13of 19
Growth stage
Of the 19 here, 2 also cover fund of funds and 2 also cover series a; 10 also work in United Kingdom and 4 also work in United Arab Emirates.
Behind Sanabil Investments (Public Investment Fund), ahead of Venture Capital Trust (VCT) scheme.

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