Venturus
John Handmaker is an experienced professional in the SBA lending industry. John is the co-founder and Chief SBA Lending Officer at Venturus, a direct small business lender. Additionally, John is a co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Shatterbox, a program aimed at solving the talent gap crisis in the SBA lending industry. Prior to these roles, John founded TORCH Small Business Lending and served as the Founder & Executive Director. John has also held executive positions at Q2 Business Capital, CertusBank Small Business Finance, Bank United, The Money Store, and First Union Business Credit. John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University.
Venturus
Venturus is a nationwide direct small business lender specializing in U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans for owner occupied commercial real estate, equipment, business acquisitions, partner buy-outs, debt refinance, growth capital and franchise financing. Through its strategic partnership with Georgia based Tandem Bank, we’re a technology forward and efficiency focused boutique lender led by experts in SBA lending keenly intent on fully understanding our client’s business, providing consultative feedback and creating unique loan solutions focused on the long term vision of our customers. We deliver SBA 7a loans between $25,000 – $5,000,000 to a multitude of industries. Built on a legacy of growth oriented success, our executive team held leadership roles with top 5 national SBA lenders and our core team of partners were instrumental in collectively building top 30 national SBA lenders. This means we have a very deep level of expertise and real life experience to help our customers thrive.