Capital Finance Group

Name

Capital Finance Group

Website

https://cfgco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Capital Finance Group is a privately held Oakland-based financial services firm that provides debt and venture capital solutions to start-up companies across all stages of development. Founded in 1990, it operates with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital and Private Equity

NAICS

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (522)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Venture Debt Funds / Platforms (FSANAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Direct Lending — Venture Debt (FSAHAJAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital financing
• Debt financing solutions
• Startup funding services
• Growth capital provision
• Early-stage investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Capital Finance Group delivers debt and venture capital solutions to start-up companies at all stages of development. The firm provides funding capital to early-stage and growth-stage ventures through its Oakland-based operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Bridge Bank: A full-service commercial bank with a dedicated technology and innovation banking practice serving venture-backed startups. Comparable to Capital Finance Group in serving startup borrowers with debt capital, but operates as a regulated depository institution at far greater scale.
• Comerica Bank: National commercial bank with an established technology and life sciences practice providing debt capital to venture-backed companies. Comparable in startup-debt mandate but competes as a much larger incumbent depository institution.
• Silicon Valley Bank (SVB): Historically the dominant commercial bank for venture-backed startups, providing debt, deposit, and treasury services. Comparable in serving startups with credit, but at far greater scale and as a diversified depository institution.
• Investec: Specialist bank and asset manager with venture debt capabilities for growth-stage technology companies. Comparable in providing structured debt to venture-backed startups but operates as a broader diversified financial institution.
• Goldman Sachs Private Credit: Large private credit franchise including venture and growth-stage lending through the Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Special Situations groups. Comparable in targeting venture-backed borrowers with debt, but as part of a much broader alternatives platform.

Direct peers

• TriplePoint Capital: Specialty venture lender providing growth capital, venture leasing, and IPO financing to venture-backed companies. Closely aligned with Capital Finance Group's debt-for-startups mandate and target borrower segment.
• Western Technology Investment: One of the longest-tenured venture debt providers in the U.S., offering loans to growth-stage technology and life-sciences companies. Comparable to Capital Finance Group in vintage (operating since the 1980s–90s) and stage-agnostic startup lending focus.
• Hercules Capital: The largest publicly traded specialty finance company focused on venture debt to venture and growth-stage startups. Directly comparable to Capital Finance Group in delivering debt capital to startups at all stages, but at vastly greater scale and capital base.
• Horizon Technology Finance: Specialty finance company providing venture debt to development-stage technology, life science, and sustainability companies. Directly comparable in product offering and target borrower segment to Capital Finance Group.
• Runway Growth Finance: Provides senior secured term loans to venture and non-venture-backed growth-stage companies. Comparable to Capital Finance Group in providing growth-stage debt capital with flexible structures.

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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