Business Funding Broker in Sarasota, FL for Sarasota-Manatee, FL Owners
Tell us what the money has to pay for; we check your Florida records and route the request to lending partners that offer that kind of funding.
Ravenrock Funding Group connects you with lending partners; partners make credit decisions and set rates and terms.
Our Main St address
Call with any funding question; we talk through repayment, collateral and the records a partner is likely to check.
- Address
- 1830 Main St, Sarasota, FL 34236
- Phone
- (941) 384-0737
- Role
- Broker, not a lender
Sarasota County, FL Businesses by the Census Count
Businesses with a payroll
Sarasota County, FL establishments with one or more paid employees in March 2023.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023Payrolls of one to four
Portion of Sarasota County, FL employer establishments with fewer than five people paid.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023Solo and owner-run firms
Sarasota County, FL businesses that file receipts but carry no payroll at all.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2024Homes permitted in 2025
New private housing units authorized by building permits across Sarasota County, FL.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey 2025Six funding options
6 options Sarasota County businesses use for payroll, stock, equipment and build-outs, grouped by how the money is paid back.
Funding Options
Working Capital
Money for payroll, rent and supplier invoices while client payments are still on their way in.
Business Term Loans
One lump sum for an expansion or a build-out, amortized over a fixed number of payments.
Business Line of Credit
A revolving limit: draw what a month needs, pay it down, and the room opens up again.
Inventory Financing
Funding for stock bought ahead of the sale, usually secured by the goods on the shelf.
Equipment Financing
Loans, leases and finance agreements for dental chairs, walk-in coolers, trailers and tools.
Merchant Cash Advance
A purchase of future card or bank receipts, not a loan. Add up every remittance before you agree.
Industries
Construction
Contractor and construction financing for Sarasota, FL firms: equipment, materials, payroll before a draw, credit lines, and Sarasota County trade data.
Restaurants
Restaurant financing for Sarasota, FL owners: kitchen equipment, walk-in coolers, POS systems, build-outs and payroll gaps, with Sarasota County data.
Medical and Dental
Medical and dental practice financing for Sarasota, FL: equipment, chiropractic and dental chairs, build-outs, receivables gaps, with county data.
How it works
Your call, a records review, a partner's decision, your answer.
Tell us the expense
Ring Main St, or send the short form for a callback; the purpose gets discussed then.
Review the records
We check entity status, the trade name and any liens, then pick the structure that suits the purpose.
Partner underwriting
The lending partner reviews the business, decides, and prices whatever it offers.
Your decision
Line up the total cost against the payment schedule. Walking away is always fine.
A broker, not a lender
- Sarasota and ManateeSix structures, from working capital to equipment financing, plus merchant cash advances, which are not loans.
- Who decidesRavenrock Funding Group is a broker, not a lender.
Ravenrock Funding Group, a small-business funding broker in Sarasota, Florida, places requests for working capital, term loans, credit lines, inventory and equipment financing, and merchant cash advances with lending partners.Ravenrock never lends a dollar itself. Each partner reviews the request, decides, and sets any rate and terms. Call (941) 384-0737 or send the short form to begin.
Ravenrock Funding Group is a broker, not a lender. The name says Funding Group, yet every dollar in an offer comes from a lending partner. That partner reviews the business, makes the credit decision and prices the deal. Our part is smaller and more practical: understand the expense, look over the records, and put the request in front of partners that actually write that structure.
Sarasota County is a county of small payrolls. The Census Bureau counted 15,989 employer establishments there in 2023, and 64.5% had fewer than five people on the payroll (County Business Patterns 2023). Another 59,161 businesses reported receipts with no payroll at all in 2024 (Nonemployer Statistics 2024). Owners like these rarely have a finance department, so the first conversation is about records: is the entity active on the state's books, does the trade name match the bank account, are there old liens? The Sarasota, FL page lays out those county figures in more detail, and the sector pages show how construction, restaurant and medical owners tend to use each option.
The six options sit side by side on one comparison page, grouped by how the money is paid back. One of them, the merchant cash advance, is not a loan at all: it is a sale of future receipts, and we explain it that way.
Want to know what happens after you call? The four-step process covers it. For free advising, planning help and public programs, start with our Sarasota-Manatee resource directory. Short owner-facing articles live on the Ravenrock blog, and when you are ready, the request form takes a couple of minutes.
What we do not arrange: personal loans, payday or auto title loans, mortgages, grants, or funding for agriculture or trucking.
A Short Form to Main St
The form asks for full name, email, phone and business name, three quick range picks (time in business, annual revenue, amount needed) and a consent box. Would you rather talk? Call (941) 384-0737.
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About Ravenrock Funding Group, a small-business funding broker at 1830 Main St, Sarasota, FL: what we do, how partners decide, and what we will not do.
- ways to reach us
Reach Ravenrock Funding Group by phone at (941) 384-0737 or at 1830 Main St, Sarasota, FL 34236.
Start with what the money is for
Call (941) 384-0737 or send the short form, and tell us which expense the funding has to cover.
Ravenrock Funding Group · 1830 Main St, Sarasota, FL 34236