Craft3 invests $25,000 in Cascade Angels Fund

Cascade Angels Fund 2015, LLC announced Tuesday it will receive a $25,000 investment from local nonprofit Craft3 to spur economic growth in Central Oregon.

Craft3 is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) lender founded in 1994. Over the past twenty years, Craft3 has invested over $322 million from offices in Ilwaco, Port Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, Wash., and Astoria, Bend and Portland, Ore. Craft3 provides loans to businesses that create or retain jobs, nonprofits that provide essential services to their communities, and municipalities and Tribal governments for community facilities and economic development efforts.

“We appreciate Craft3’s participation in this year’s Fund,” said Julie Harrelson, CEO of Harrelson Group, Fund Manager, Cascade Angels. “The work that Craft3 does to provide funding in the Pacific Northwest is consistent with the Fund’s focus on economic diversity, job creation, and a return for investors.”

The mission of Cascade Angels Fund is to create opportunities for investors and businesses in and with connections to Central Oregon to drive economic growth and fuel prosperity. The Fund currently has an application period open for launch stage companies at http://gust.com/angel-group/cascade-angels-fund. Please see Cascade Angels website for additional information regarding its purpose, mission and goals www.cascadeangels.com.

“The availability of capital for businesses is a key to building community resilience,” said Turner Waskom, Craft3 Senior Business Lender based in Bend. “We are pleased to be making this investment to increase economic strength in Oregon.”

Cascade Angels Fund is sponsored by Bank of the Cascades, Jones & Roth, Karnopp Petersen LLP, and Harrelson Group.