- Aimed at: SME
- Located in:
United States - From the sector / s:
- Food and Food Production
- Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Forestry and Fishing
Requirements
Applicant Criteria
Cultivate Small Business aims to strengthen entrepreneurs in food-related industries with the building blocks to be successful business owners. Program participants should represent a business that meets the following criteria:
■ Business must be in a food-related industry including retail (full- or limited-service restaurants, food trucks), processing, technology, manufacturing, and food services.
■ Revenue of $25,000 to $1,000,000 in the most recent full calendar year.
■ Minimum of 1 year in operation as of January 1, 2026
■ Entrepreneur should be working full time in the business with fewer than 10 total FTEs (including yourself)
■ Participants should reside in, or represent a business located in, a low-to-moderate income area (preferred).
General information
Learn more about this innovative program from Santander designed for food entrepreneurs at an upcoming (optional) info session here (https://bit.ly/CultivateSmallBusinessInfoSession).
Santander’s award-winning Cultivate Small Business helps early-stage entrepreneurs build and sustain businesses in the food industry, with a focus on historically underserved founders. Cultivate is a completely FREE 12 week MBA-style program that provides a customized curriculum, access to industry experts and capital grants.
Reward
Qualifying graduates of the program will receive up to $20,000 in capital grants.
Call guidelines
Contact to make enquiries about this call
To resolve queries about this call, you can contact the manager of the call by writing to:
cultivatesmallbusiness@santander.us
Have you seen an error in this program?
Let us know and we will correct it as soon as possible
Report error found