For Black-owned health care and professional-services firms
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- 201,000Black-owned employer firms in the U.S., with $249.0 billion in receiptsU.S. Census Bureau, Annual Business Survey (2023 data)
- 11 daysof cash held by the median small business in AtlantaJPMorgan Chase Institute, 2020
- 40% vs 18%Black-owned versus white-owned businesses completely denied financingThird Way, The State of Black Business
- $0UpScale is paid nothing for lender introductionsUpScale design decision
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Juliana, in 5 steps
Juliana runs Bright Path Home Care, a six-person home-care agency near Atlanta that bills mostly Medicaid waiver programs. Her bank turned down a line of credit last year and never said why. She wants an honest read on her numbers and a lender who serves businesses like hers. (Illustrative persona from the founder's deck; demo figures.)
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