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SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES HAVE INVESTED MORE THAN $638 MILLION IN ARIZONA OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS.

Small Business Investment Company Impact in Arizona

  • SBICs have invested in 124 small businesses in Arizona since 2018.
  • SBICs have invested $638.8 million in Arizona small businesses since 2018, with $186.1 million invested in FY 2022 alone.
  • Arizona businesses that received financing from SBICs in 2022 supported 3,056 employees.

A sampling of the Arizona-based companies that have received SBIC financing:

Infusionsoft (Chandler)

More than 135,000 users worldwide rely on the Infusionsoft Platform to build personal and lasting connections with customers. Infusionsoft provides small businesses with trusted and proven expertise, a powerful platform for sales and marketing automation, and an ecosystem of partners, apps, and integrations. By combining CRM, marketing automation, e-commerce, payments, and analytics into one platform, Infusionsoft gives small businesses insight into what’s happening with customers at every stage of the lifecycle.

  • SBIC Investment: $26,450,000

 

NP Photonics, Inc. (Tucson)

Founded in 1998, NP Photonics, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and specialty fiber for the sensing, defense, metrology, and research markets. The NP Photonics proprietary fiber technology is used across a broad family of products, including narrow line-width, low phase-noise fiber lasers; compact, high-gain, fiber amplifier modules (CW, pulsed and UF) at 1 micron and 1.55microns; broadly transparent (0.4 to 5 microns), ultra-low-loss, mid-IR transport fibers and glasses; and high-power 2-micron lasers. Photonics continues to grow through technology innovation and strategic partnerships.

  • SBIC Investment: $4,270,781

 

Western Window Systems (Phoenix)

Western Window Systems offers American-made door and window systems. The company places a strong emphasis on sustainability and energy efficiency to help minimize the environmental impact of its products. Western Window Systems was founded in 1959 and operates throughout North America. The company has previously been featured on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing companies.

  • SBIC Investment: $2,968,700