What We Do
Real Estate
From renovations to ground-up development, we provide flexible financing to bring your project to life. Our construction and rehab loans support adaptive reuse, tenant improvements, and mixed-use developments, with funding structured around key milestones. With flexible draw schedules, interest-only construction periods, and experience navigating layered capital stacks, we partner with developers to keep projects moving from concept to completion.
Pictured: Electric Gardens, financed by VCC – Photo courtesy of J Roc Development
Small Business Lending
Village Capital Corporation (VCC) provides flexible, responsible financing to help entrepreneurs grow and sustain their businesses. As a mission-driven lender, we specialize in supporting small businesses, real estate developers, and entrepreneurs with access to capital paired with personalized technical assistance. Whether you’re launching, expanding, or stabilizing your business—VCC is your financial partner.
Grow U – Grantmaking & Technical Assistance
Grow U is “the client’s university.” This program pairs small businesses with VCC’s Entrepreneur-In-Residence to develop their personal learning and growth plan and provides tools and resources, available through VCC or its partner networks, to help clients meet their goals. VCC’s coaching and counseling is assisting businesses with new product launches, business expansions, and investment readiness. Grow U is also the home of Village Capital’s Black Woman-Owned Business Accelerator.
Contractors on the Rise
COR is a developmental program for residential rehabilitation companies that provides each business with up to a $250,000 line of credit for acquisition and repair, peer learning circles, assistance with project budgeting and planning, and a suite of wrap-around training sessions delivered by industry professionals.
Equitable Development Initiative
VCC is a sponsor and lead of a Cleveland-based initiative to build a strong core of well-trained commercial real estate developers. This selective, cohort-based program offers a rigorous eight-month classroom training curriculum delivered by national and local experts and coupled with mentorships from seasoned developers. Participants bring to the cohort an actual development project or concept that is refined over the program term and vetted by potential investors for funding.