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From Pitchers' Mound to Venture Capital: How C3bank is Reshaping Entrepreneurial Finance
A baseball infield isn’t where you’d expect to spot C3bank’s Chairman Michael Persall making financial commitments… but then again, banking was never meant to be confined to branches with withdrawal slips and velvet ropes. One such ambitious conversation happened when C3bank Chairman Michael Persall took the stage alongside Vuori CEO Joe Kudla to announce a $2 million commitment to USD’s entrepreneurial programs–a donation that would fund the inaugural Entrepreneurship Leadership Summit in tandem with USD’s Knauss School of Business.
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C3bank x Blooma: A Partnership in AI-Powered, People-Driven Banking
Technology and tradition often stand on opposite sides of the banking world. Big banks tend to push technological solutions that sacrifice personal touch, while some community banks cling to manual processes that can’t keep pace with client needs. At C3bank, we’ve partnered with our technology partner Blooma CRE to take a slightly different approach: combining powerful tools with deep personal relationships. Instead of choosing between technology and tradition, we’re harnessing both to deliver faster, more consistent service while maintaining the local expertise clients value.
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The New Financing Playbook: Takeaways from C3bank’s FirstWave Innovator Workshop
In a world where less than 1% of startups successfully raise venture capital, ambitious founders need financing options that match their vision without diluting their ownership. The workshop, moderated by our Commercial Loan Officer Kevin Garvey, focused on three specific alternatives to raising equity: invoice factoring, equipment financing, and SBA loans. These approaches are especially relevant for CPG companies–a $2.5 trillion industry where strategic capital access often determines whether a brand breaks through or stalls out.
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