Small Business Investor Alliance

About This Association

The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) TM was formed in 1958 to represent the original American venture capital and private equity funds. As the small business investing market grew more complex, so did SBIA. SBIA now includes conventional private equity funds, private debt funds, Business Development Companies (BDCs), Rural Business Investment Companies (RBICs), Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), and other funds investing in American private small businesses. These private equity funds pursue a wide range of strategies, including venture; venture lending; growth equity; minority equity; control equity; mezzanine and other private debt; unitranche; and other strategies. SBIA also represents intermediaries, investment banks, independent sponsors and the institutional investors, or Limited Partners, that invest in lower middle market small businesses, including banks, university endowments, pension funds and family offices. SBIA believes in the importance of maintaining a strong and healthy alignment of General Partners and Limited Partners. Our association’s purpose is to represent the entire lower middle market investing ecosystem.

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Specialties:

1. Business - Small Business

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