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Financing a independent artists, writers, and performers acquisition in California
The SBA 7(a) lenders funding the most independent artists, writers, and performers acquisitions in California, from public loan records. A lender doing your industry in your state every week underwrites faster and prices sharper.
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4+ funded Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers in California deals
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- Custom Caricatures in Poway, CA — $1.1M (2025) · purchase · First Internet Bank of Indiana
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $850K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 8 days
- Approved
- 5/22/2025
- First disbursed
- 5/30/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $1.3M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $126K
- Est. cash at closing
- $173K
- Monthly payment
- $15,130
- Annual debt service
- $182K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $227K
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 First Internet Bank of Indiana · Lender record →
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- Ipsen Digital Holdings LLC in Valencia, CA — $575K (2025) · purchase · TowneBank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $431K (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 22 days
- Approved
- 6/23/2025
- First disbursed
- 7/15/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Secondary market
- Loan sold to investors
- Jobs supported
- 5
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $639K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $64K
- Est. cash at closing
- $85K
- Monthly payment
- $7,678
- Annual debt service
- $92K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $115K
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 TowneBank · Lender record →
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- Custom Caricatures in Poway, CA — $50K (2025) · purchase · First Internet Bank of Indiana
- Program
- SBA Express Program
- Subprogram
- FA$TRK (Small Loan Express)
- Rate at approval
- 10.25% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $25K (50%)
- Approval → funding
- 8 days
- Approved
- 5/22/2025
- First disbursed
- 5/30/2025
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Revolving line
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 2
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $56K
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $6K
- Est. cash at closing
- $7K
- Monthly payment
- $668
- Annual debt service
- $8K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $10K
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 First Internet Bank of Indiana · Lender record →
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- Veteran Entertainment Television, LLC in Carlsbad, CA — $2.6M (2024) · purchase · Fifth Third Bank
- Program
- Preferred Lenders Program
- Rate at approval
- 8% variable
- Term
- 120 mo (10 yrs)
- SBA guaranteed
- $2.0M (75%)
- Approval → funding
- 12 days
- Approved
- 4/4/2024
- First disbursed
- 4/16/2024
- Loan status
- Current
- Loan type
- Term loan
- Collateral
- Required
- Business type
- Corporation
- Jobs supported
- 14
- Business age
- Change of Ownership
- Industry
- Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
If you were the buyer here
- Est. deal size
- $2.9M
- Est. down payment (10%)
- $292K
- Est. cash at closing
- $403K
- Monthly payment
- $31,885
- Annual debt service
- $383K
- Cash flow needed (1.25×)
- $478K
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 Fifth Third Bank · Lender record →
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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records; ranked by funded acquisition loans to independent artists, writers, and performers businesses with a California project address.
Agent summary
How to finance a independent artists, writers, and performers acquisition in California with an SBA 7(a) loan: the lenders that fund the most of them here (from public records), with the real funded California deals. DealRoom is not a lender.
- $252K typical loan
- 3 lenders active in California
- 4+ funded California deals
- 12 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.