Inclusive Business Resource Network

The Inclusive Business Resource Network (IBRN) is a citywide program that brings multiple services for small business into a single network for entrepreneurs. Each year IBRN serves more than 600 businesses. At Prosper Portland we invest in community partners who specialize in serving small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Who is this program for?

From your initial idea to a growing and successful business, IBRN partners are there to help. Through IBRN, entrepreneurs can receive one-on-one advising from trusted business advisors, training, and other resources. Several partners in the Network provide loans and matched savings grants. Additional professional services are available only to Network clients – such as legal services, accounting and bookkeeping support, and credit coaching.

Which business stages are supported?

Support for aspiring business owners to attain foundational business skills & determine if they have a viable business idea or product

Support to strengthen existing business operations, promote resiliency, and ensure the owner is benefitting from the business

Support with ongoing wealth creation and asset building for existing business owners

  • How do I get support?

    • Determine if you are eligible for services by confirming that your business address is within the City of Portland at Portland Maps.
    • Identify which category above represents the stage of your business
    • Select and connect with a partner via phone or email to receive business support
    • Access additional business professional services via a referral from your IBRN advisor
    • Grow your business!

Connect with a partner

  • Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)

    Supports entrepreneurs facing language access needs and limited professional networks by offering technical assistance, culturally responsive advising, and neighborhood-based support in the Jade District and beyond. Services are open to all experiencing these barriers. Language support provided in Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Thai, Khmer, Burmese, and Kurdish

    Community Focus: Jade District communities | smallbusiness@apano.org or 971-340-4861

  • Built Oregon

    Addresses market access and capital barriers for consumer product entrepreneurs through mentorship, retail access programs, accelerator support, and peer learning networks.

    Industry Focus: Consumer products | hello@builtoregon.com or 503-490-1538

  • Hacienda Community Development Corporation

    Provides business coaching and startup guidance focused on addressing language access needs, permitting challenges, and support for food-based entrepreneurship. Services available in Spanish.

    Habla español

    Industry Focus: Food & Beverage | empresarios@haciendacdc.org or 971-280-3825

  • Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (HMC)

    Offers advising and access-to-capital support for entrepreneurs facing language, financial, and systemic barriers to business growth and contracting. Services available in Spanish.

    Habla español

    Community Focus: Hispanic/Latino/a/e community | info@hmccoregon.com or 503-222-0280

  • LatinoBuilt

    Supports construction-sector entrepreneurs through outreach, industry navigation, and technical assistance for licensing, bonding, and language access needs. Services available in Spanish.

    Habla español

    Community Focus: Hispanic/Latino/a/e community | Industry Focus: Construction | Info@latinobuilt.org or 503-889-0511

  • Livelihood NW

    Provides free and low-cost professional business support to businesses in all industries, at all stages from pre-startup to scaling and growth. Services include one-on-one in-depth technical assistance, business advising, workshops, trainings, cohort learning, bookkeeping setup and training, resource navigation and referrals. Livelihood NW is also home to the Oregon Women’s Business Center.

    Habla español

    hello@livelihoodnw.org or 503-990-8255

  • Mercatus

    Mercatus is dedicated to closing documented gaps in business visibility and access by connecting Portland entrepreneurs with resources, networks, and opportunities.

    hello@mercatuspdx.com or 503-442-6339

  • Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO)

    Provides capital access, matched savings programs, and one-on-one business advising for entrepreneurs facing financing and resource barriers.

    Habla español

    meso@mesopdx.com or 503-841-3351

  • National Association of Minority Contractors of Oregon (NAMC-OR)

    Provides outreach, technical assistance and referrals to construction firms.

    Habla español

    Industry Focus: Construction | info@namc-oregon.org or 503-288-1393

  • Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)

    Offers business coaching, cultural marketplace pathways, and vendor support to entrepreneurs facing limited access to capital, networks, and culturally responsive business education.

    Habla español

    Community Focus: Native, Indigenous, and Cully area communities | microenterprise@nayapdx.org or 503-288-8177

  • Neighborhood House

    Offers business education and regulatory support for in home childcare providers navigating licensing, startup barriers, and language access. Services available in Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Somali, Swahili , Hindi , Punjabi , Nepali and Urdu. We have an open door policy .

    Habla español

    Community Focus: Hispanic/Latino/a/e, Slavic communities | Industry Focus: Childcare | mbatra@nhpdx.org or 503-246-1663 x 4001

  • Northwest Native Chamber

    Connects entrepreneurs to mentorship networks, capital supports, and statewide business resources to overcome network and market-access barriers.

    Community Focus: Native, Indigenous Community | support@nwnc.org or 971-404-8996

  • NuProject

    Offers funding pathways and technical support for cannabis-industry entrepreneurs facing capital access challenges and navigating regulatory/legal system impacts.

    Community Focus: BIPOC community | ivan@nuproject.org or 404-644-0319

  • Prosper Portland

    Provides access to real estate and small business financing products and industry support and connections.

    Industry Focus: Athletic and Outdoor, Metals and Machinery, Green Cities, Software & Media, Food & Beverage Manufacturing

  • Professional Business Development Group (PBDG)

    Offers one-on-one advising and industry support to help construction firms access contracting pipelines, meet certification requirements, and strengthen operations.

    Habla español 

    Industry Focus: Construction | information@pbdgweb.com or 971-314-9840

  • TiE Oregon

    Supports entrepreneurs building scalable traded-sector businesses by providing mentorship, investment connections, and startup education.

    Industry Focus: Traded Sector Startups | kari.naone@oregon.tie.org or 971-303-9063

  • Urban League of Portland

    Provides technical assistance and contracting navigation support for construction-sector entrepreneurs facing workforce, certification, and pipeline barriers.

    Community Focus: Black Community | Industry Focus: Construction | smallbusiness@ulpdx.org or 503-280-2600

  • Xcelerate Women

    Provides advising, peer mentorship, and growth programming for entrepreneurs facing gender-based barriers to capital, networks, and scaling support.

    Habla español

    Community Focus: Women | hello@xceleratewomen.org or 503-454-6469

  • Additional Services

    The following partners provide additional services to IBRN clients by referral:

    • Livelihood NW – accounting and bookkeeping support
    • Vibrant Future – capital advising
    • PCC Small Business Development Center – business courses

Learn more about IBRN data and outcomes:

By the Numbers

  • Each year IBRN serves more than 600 businesses

    600

  • More than 70 percent are entrepreneurs of color

    70%

  • More than 70 percent women entrepreneurs

    70%

Connect with us

Contact the IBRN Team:

IBRN@prosperportland.us

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