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Financing a chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans acquisition
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans acquisitions, ranked from public loan records — typical deal about $571K. A lender doing your industry every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
Most active in chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans
Ranked by funded chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans acquisitions. Tap a lender to open its full record, or hit Get in touch for an introduction.
- 1.9 loans · $10M · Warren, PAFull record →
- 2.3 loans · $1M · Kearney, NEFull record →
2+ funded chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans deals
Real SBA 7(a) acquisitions from public records — see who got funded, for how much, and by which lender. Tap any deal for the full record.
- KNA Ventures, LLC in Santa Rosa, CA — $375K (2024) · purchase · Exchange Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $281K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 19 days
- Approved
- 11/17/2023
- First disbursed
- 12/6/2023
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 14
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $417K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $42K
- Est. cash at closing
- $56K
- Monthly payment
- $5,060
- Annual debt service
- $61K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $76K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by Exchange Bank · Lender record →
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- Pulakos Handcrafted Chocolate Co. in Erie, PA — $100K (2023) · purchase · Northwest Bank
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 9.5% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $50K (50%)
- Approved
- 1/12/2023
- Loan status
- Committed
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $111K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $11K
- Est. cash at closing
- $14K
- Monthly payment
- $1,294
- Annual debt service
- $16K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $19K
Estimates only — not guaranteed accurate. The loan amount, rate,and term come from the public record; the rest assumes the standard 10% buyer injection plus typical guaranty and closing costs. The actual deal's terms and costs likely differed.
Funded by Northwest Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans businesses. Mega-bank call-center lenders excluded.
Agent summary
How to finance a chocolate and confectionery manufacturing from cacao beans acquisition with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them (from public records), typical cost, and what it takes to qualify. Northwest Bank funds the most. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $571K typical loan
- 2 lenders fund the industry
- 19 days typical to fund
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- Data freshness:
- SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-16.
- Sources:
- Public SBA 7(a) loan records; FDIC institution data (BankFind); DealRoom lender and franchise enrichment.