The sort of funding most companies attempt first is the traditional route, which in turn involves some kind of commercial lending or investment.
One option that the majority of upstarts are finding success with is microlending. This is in which you
In the sources section of this article, I have linked a few other locations to read articles about microlending, some situations of non-profit microlending organizations, and several more explanations how microlending could work for the small company.