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About NCIF
NCIF LogoNCIF provides patient capital to small and emerging natural resource-based businesses. Our investments support business expansion, create employment opportunities, advance sustainable economic development and develop the rural tax base.
NCIF's business clients are located throughout North Carolina, Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and West Virginia, and have limited access to capital from traditional sources. In addition to providing critical, timely financing, NCIF provides targeted technical assistance to build the non-financial capacity of our clients.
The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) is certified as both a Community Development Financial Institution and a Community Development Entity.
Latest News
NCIF Portfolio Company, ImageTree, Announces Collaboration to Build Carbon-credit Ecomarket Infrastructure in Latin America and Caribbean
The agreement with CATHALAC (Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean) is designed to build a carbon credit ecomarket infrastructure which will deliver national IPCC Tier-3 carbon and forest biomass baseline inventories, monitoring systems, and support biodiversity conservation in Central America. Read more »

 

NCIF Receives $500,000 Grant in NC
The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission awarded a $500,000 grant to NCIF to provide loan and investment capital for sustainable agriculture businesses in the state. Read more »

 

NEW WORKSHOPS: Advancing Sustainable Development in West Virginia
The Natural Capital Investment Fund is pleased to announce a new workshop series beginning in January. Register today to learn more about biofuels production or green building principles you can use in your business operations. Read more »

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A Resource for Rural Businesses
What We Do
NCIF has a “roll up our sleeves” partnership with its portfolio companies, built on our desire to help a company grow.

 

NCIF taps its network for resources to solve business problems and help a business plan ahead. It also functions as a sounding board to review plans, assess strategy, analyze ongoing performance and explore future business opportunities.
For Our Bank Partners
Opportunities to Partner with NCIF
NCIF can be part of your bank's strategy to reach and support local small businesses.

 

    • Co-lending with your bank
    • Referring loans to NCIF
    • Structuring growth financing with NCIF
    • Extensive business development services