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Funding Your Business

Funding Your Business

WBDC's Opportunity Fund provides grants that can help you grow your business!

Funding Your Business


Through its Opportunity Fund, WBDC is providing the resources needed to help Connecticut’s small businesses thrive.

Current Grant Programs to Meet a Variety of Needs

Ignite Grant Program

• $2,500 to $10,000 grants available to qualified women-owned small businesses across Connecticut
• Grants awarded for clearly-defined projects that will have a measurable impact on the business, its growth, and profitability

Child Care Business Opportunity Fund

• Grants of up to $25,000 available to licensed, qualified child care businesses in Connecticut, made possible through a partnership with the CT Office of Early Childhood (OEC)
• Includes grant programs targeting different stages of business, from start-ups to expansion

Launch Pad Grant Program

• Grants of up to $2,500 to qualified start-up businesses to put toward start-up costs
• Applicants complete one of WBDC’s business courses, complete an application, and compete in a pitch competition where a panel of judges determines grant awardees

City-Specific Small Business Grant Programs –

New London, Torrington, Waterbury

• $2,500 to $10,000 grants available to qualified small businesses located in each municipality
• Businesses do NOT need to be women-owned to qualify
• Grants awarded for clearly-defined projects that will have a measurable impact on the business, its growth, and profitability
Applications are now open and will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted