You can walk into a single bank branch on El Camino Real and hope their one product fits your needs, or you can call Croftbrook Lending Group at (408) 359-8343 and let a broker shop your file across dozens of lenders simultaneously. The first path often takes weeks only to hear "no." The second accelerates your speed-to-funding by matching your business profile, revenue, time in business, collateral, credit, to the programs most likely to approve and close quickly. Brokers handle underwriting questions, document prep, and lender negotiations while you keep running your company.
Small business
Small business loans are debt instruments that provide working capital, purchase equipment, finance real estate, or bridge cash-flow gaps. Croftbrook Lending Group brokers seven core programs: SBA 7(a) loans for general expansion, working capital for inventory and payroll, equipment financing for machinery and vehicles, commercial real estate loans for property acquisition, business lines of credit for flexible draw-down funds, invoice factoring for immediate receivables conversion, and specialty products for unique needs. Each program carries different qualification criteria, repayment terms, and collateral requirements, which is why broker guidance cuts through confusion and saves time.
Lenders evaluate revenue history, personal and business credit scores, industry type, and collateral. A Sunnyvale software consultancy operating out of a coworking space near Moffett Park will present differently than a manufacturing firm with owned real estate along Mathilda Avenue. Brokers at Croftbrook Lending Group pre-qualify your scenario before submission, so you avoid hard credit inquiries that lead nowhere. If your first-choice program isn't viable, we pivot to alternatives, factoring for newer companies, equipment loans for asset-heavy operations, or lines of credit for seasonal swings, keeping your speed-to-funding on track.
Sunnyvale's economy blends technology startups, established hardware firms near Lockheed Martin's heritage campus, and service businesses supporting the Peninsula workforce. Common loan applications include:
- Purchasing CNC machines or test equipment for electronics manufacturing. - Leasehold improvements for retail storefronts along Murphy Avenue. - Hiring engineering talent before the next funding round. - Refinancing high-interest merchant cash advances. - Acquiring adjacent warehouse space in the Lawrence Station area.
Each use case favors a different loan structure, and Croftbrook Lending Group matches the tool to the task.
How it works
Call (408) 359-8343 or visit our office at 2060 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Sunnyvale, CA. Bring recent bank statements, tax returns, a brief narrative of how you'll deploy the funds, and any existing debt schedules. We'll discuss your timeline, then submit your package to appropriate lenders within 24 hours. You'll receive term sheets, sometimes multiple, and we'll explain trade-offs in plain language so you can choose the option that balances cost and speed-to-funding.
A produce distributor serving restaurants from Palo Alto to Milpitas needed refrigerated trucks before summer demand peaked. Traditional bank quotes stretched 60 days. Croftbrook Lending Group brokered an equipment financing agreement in under two weeks, using the trucks themselves as collateral. The distributor locked in contracts with South Bay caterers and expanded routes into Mountain View and Cupertino without missing peak season.
Explore our Sunnyvale business lending hub for market insights, review SBA 7(a) loan details for long-term expansion capital, compare equipment financing terms, or check business lines of credit for flexible access. We also serve Mountain View, Cupertino, Los Altos, Alviso, Los Altos Hills, Saratoga, Campbell, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, and Milpitas, learn more on our Service Areas page.
Serving the Sunnyvale area

We know which lenders fund which kinds of Sunnyvale businesses, and we position your file where it fits.
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