The Top Small Business Funders Now Vs. Then
Top Small Business Funders By Year
| 2008 | 2014 | 2023 |
| AdvanceMe (CAN Capital) | OnDeck | Square |
| First Funds | CAN Capital | Enova (OnDeck / Headway) |
| Merchant Cash and Capital (BizFi) | Kabbage | Shopify |
| BFS | Kapitus | PayPal |
| AmeriMerchant | Rapid Finance | Amazon |
| GBR Funding | National Funding | Intuit |
Many people look at 2023 vs 2008 and arrive at the conclusion that the fintechs rose to the top, but if one were to narrow down the definition of those players a little further, they’d notice that PayPal and Square are payment companies, Shopify and Amazon are e-commerce companies, and Intuit owns the Quickbooks accounting software. These are actually older companies that took an old idea (split-funding) and made it new again with some key changes. Although in the present moment it may feel like some of them cannot be beat (which is how the industry felt about the top funders in 2008), much can change over the course of this decade.
Keep your eye on:
- AI
- Blockchain (as payment rails, record-keeping)
- Regulation
Sean Murray is the President and Chief Editor of deBanked and the founder of the Broker Fair Conference. Connect with me on LinkedIn or follow me on twitter. You can view all future deBanked events here.
