[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR108.320]

[Page 115-116]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 108_NEW MARKETS VENTURE CAPITAL (``NMVC'') PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Application and Approval Process for NMVC Company Designation
 
Sec.  108.320  Contents of comprehensive business plan.

    (a) Executive summary. The executive summary must include a 
description of--
    (1) The Applicant;
    (2) Its strategy for how it proposes to make successful 
Developmental Venture Capital investments in identified LI Areas;
    (3) The markets in the LI Areas it proposes to serve; and
    (4) How it intends to work with community organizations in and be 
accountable to the residents of identified LI Areas in order to 
facilitate its Developmental Venture Capital investments.
    (b) Capacity, skills, and experience of the management team. An 
Applicant must provide information generally as to the background, 
capability, education, reputation and training of its general partners, 
managers, officers, key personnel, investment committee and governing 
board members. The Applicant also must provide information specifically 
on these individuals' qualifications and reputation in the areas of 
Community Development Finance and/or Relevant Venture Capital Finance, 
including the impact of these individuals' activities in these areas.
    (c) Market analysis. An Applicant must provide an analysis of the LI 
Areas in which it intends to focus its Developmental Venture Capital 
investments and Operational Assistance to Smaller Enterprises, 
demonstrating that the Applicant understands the market and the unmet 
capital needs in such areas and how its activities will meet these unmet 
capital needs through Developmental Venture Capital investments and will 
have a positive economic impact on those areas. The analysis must 
include a description of the extent of the economic distress in the 
identified LI Areas. An Applicant also must analyze the extent of the 
demand in such areas for Developmental Venture Capital investments and 
any factors or trends that may affect the Applicant's ability to make 
effective Developmental Venture Capital investments.
    (d) Operational capacity and investment strategies. An Applicant 
must submit information concerning its policies and procedures for 
underwriting and approving its Developmental Venture Capital 
investments, monitoring its portfolio, and maintaining internal controls 
and operations.
    (e) Regulatory Capital. An Applicant must include a detailed 
description of how it plans to raise its Regulatory Capital. An 
Applicant must discuss its potential sources of Regulatory Capital, the 
estimated timing on raising such funds, and the extent of the 
expressions of interest to commit such funds to the Applicant.
    (f) Plan for providing Operational Assistance. An Applicant must 
describe how it plans to use its grant funds to provide Operational 
Assistance to Smaller Enterprises in which it will make Developmental 
Venture Capital investments. Its plan must address the types of 
Operational Assistance it proposes to provide, and how it plans to 
provide the Operational Assistance through the use of licensed 
professionals, when necessary, either from its own staff or from outside 
entities.
    (g) Matching resources for Operational Assistance grant. An 
Applicant must include a detailed description of how it plans to obtain 
binding commitments for cash or in-kind contributions, and/or to 
purchase an annuity, to match the funds requested from SBA for the 
Applicant's Operational Assistance grant. If it proposes to obtain 
commitments for cash and in-kind contributions, it also must estimate 
the ratio of cash to in-kind contributions (in no event may in-kind 
contributions exceed 50 percent of the total contributions). Applicant 
must discuss its potential sources of matching resources, the estimated 
timing on raising such funds, and the extent of the expressions of 
interest to commit such funds to the

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Applicant. Potential sources of matching resources must satisfy the 
requirements in Sec.  108.2030(b)(1).
    (h) Projected amount of investment in LI Areas. An Applicant must 
describe the amount of its total Regulatory Capital and Leverage that it 
proposes to invest in Smaller Enterprises located in LI Areas, as 
compared to the amount that it proposes to invest in Small Businesses 
located outside of LI Areas.
    (i) Projected impact. An Applicant must describe the criteria and 
economic measurements to be used to evaluate whether and to what extent 
it has met the objectives of the NMVC program. It must include:
    (1) A description of the extent to which it will concentrate its 
Developmental Venture Capital investments and Operational Assistance 
activities in identified LI Areas;
    (2) An estimate of the social, economic, and community development 
benefits to be created within identified LI Areas over the next five 
years or more as a result of its activities;
    (3) A description of the criteria to be used to measure the benefits 
created as a result of its activities;
    (4) A discussion about the amount of such benefits created that it 
will consider to constitute successfully meeting the objectives of the 
NMVC program.
    (j) Affiliates and business relationships. Applicant must submit 
information regarding the management and financial strength of any 
parent or holding entity, affiliated firm or entity, or any other firm 
or entity essential to the success of the Applicant's business plan.

[66 FR 28609, May 23, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 68503, Nov. 12, 2002]