Currency Finance (formerly Currency Capital) is an alternative financing company that offers a platform to connect customers with third-party equipment loans and leases. Currency offers an impressive amount of equipment capital to new businesses, but its funding process can still drag out.

LoanBuilder is a small business loan service offered by PayPal. LoanBuilder stands out with flexible terms, low borrower requirements & relatively inexpensive loans. It may be ideal if your business needs a short-term infusion of capital.

Business owners looking to save time on paying bills (or who want to move their accounts payable processes to the cloud where there is an electronic audit trail of all transfers) need to know about Bill.com. Accountants, as well, might be interested to learn how their colleagues are changing their practices for the better with Bill.com.

EquityNet is an equity crowdfunding platform connecting businesses to investors. EquityNet is definitely worth a closer look if equity crowdfunding fits into your grand plan. But keep in mind that equity crowdfunding is a trickier field to navigate than rewards crowdfunding.

If you’re looking for an all-in-one POS program, Hike should have you covered with things such as built-in loyalty, eCommerce, and a solid list of integrations.

Patreon declares itself a crowdfunding platform for creators, as its platform allows creators to draw a steady, continuous income from The Crowd. This funding model makes Patreon particularly well-suited to creators of viral videos, online journalists, writers, and musicians.

Square for Retail runs on an iPad with an interface optimized for searching and scanning. But do the back-end features also work for businesses with large inventories? See how Square’s retail-specialized POS system stacks up in terms of features, pricing, reporting, and more.

While GoFundMe’s brand centers on charity, with personal and charitable causes accounting for most of the campaigns, many people don’t realize that GuFundMe can also be used to raise funds for business projects as well.

Shopify Capital offers short-term business funding in the form of merchant cash advances and short-term loans. It has relaxed borrower qualifications and competitive terms and fees. Shopify Capital is available to Shopify users only. Despite the potentially high fees, Shopify Capital is certainly worth considering if you are given an offer.

Fundable is less geared toward starry-eyed dreamers with wild ideas and more toward startups and companies with a solid plan of action. Fundable gives businesses the choice of launching either a rewards-based crowdfunding campaign (à la Kickstarter) or an equity-based campaign in which backers get a share of stock in the company in exchange for their backing.