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Connecticut Small Business Express Program (EXP)

Status

Closed for now

Connecticut has since routed small business capital through Connecticut Innovations and the state's SSBCI-funded programmes (including the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund). Check portal.ct.gov/decd and ctsmallbusinessboostfund.org for the current equivalents.

Closed
Amount
$500,000

Revolving loans and matching grants for Connecticut small businesses, historically up to $300,000-$500,000 for the revolving loan line and up to $100,000 for matching grants.

Funder

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development

public · regional

Deadline: Closed — The original Small Business Express Program stopped accepting new applications after its statutory funding was exhausted.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Historic programme retained for reference. Required a Connecticut-registered business with 100 or fewer employees, in good standing on state taxes, with job creation or retention commitments.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://portal.ct.gov/decd · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: portal.ct.gov

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