Steven Betts ⋅ Houston, TX Partners Claim Services, Inc. ⋅ 30 years experience

Hi David, these are just some ideas you may or may not have already considered.

When it comes to locating financing, nothing beats a grant. Money is provided to you, free of charge, that you can put toward your startup. Understandably, locating and landing these grants is extremely difficult, but you’ll definitely never land a grant if you don’t try.

http://www.federalgrants.com/ aggregates federal grants in a variety of categories to see if one might apply to your business idea.

http://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-development-centers-sbdcs has some good information

http://gust.com/ claims to "connect startups with the largest collection of investors across the world."

And Crowd Funding can work, you might want to look at https://www.kickstarter.com/ and http://www.indiegogo.com/

Best of Luck to you sir, thank you for your service!

Tom Cal, CFA ⋅ San Francisco, CA Army Veteran, Investment Manager ⋅ 25 years experience

Try reaching out to a score.org.

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