B:Side Capital + B:Side Fund
Laura Keasling is an accomplished financial services professional with extensive experience in operations and portfolio management. Currently serving as Funding and Portfolio Director, Closing Director, and Loan Closing Officer at B:Side Capital and B:Side Fund since March 2021, Laura previously held multiple senior vice president positions at FirstBank from January 1996 to February 2017. Key responsibilities included leading substantial teams in Treasury Management and Centralized Operations, managing client relationships, underwriting, and driving sales performance. Laura holds a Graduate Certification in Financial Services from Pacific Coast Banking School and a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Colorado Denver.
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B:Side Capital + B:Side Fund
As a Certified Development Company and Lender Service Provider, B:Side Capital is committed to serving lending partners in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona through Small Business Administration 504 and 7(a) loans. We care about creating access to responsible capital for small businesses and being a resource for banks and entrepreneurs alike. Together with our sister company B:Side Fund, we strive to empower underserved markets- fostering economic growth and job creation through SBA and direct lending. The services we offer to lenders are solutions to financing requests that they otherwise would not be able to provide under their institution's conventional credit policy. Since 1990, we are proud to have funded over 5,000 small business loans, helping to create over 33,000 jobs injecting $9.06 billion into the economy.