Next Street Financial LLC is a merchant bank founded to serve high-performing, high-potential inner city small businesses and entrepreneurs across the U.S. Next Street selects businesses that are poised for growth and, in the context of a long-term trusted advisor relationship, provides them with flexible financing and Wall Street-quality advice to ensure they achieve their full potential. MORE >

Our PERSPECTIVES section currently features a Q&A on Next Street’s strategy and finance work with our portfolio companies. Two of our top team members describe the real-world implications of providing a trusted advisor to promising small businesses. Click here to read Sharpening Strategy and Customizing Finance for High-Performing Small Businesses.

Next Street Agency, the advertising and marketing division of Next Street, has been engaged by the New York-based adoption agency Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children to rebuild and rebrand its web presence. Spence-Chapin is an accredited, nonprofit agency that has defined quality adoption services for 100 years. The new website is scheduled for launch in February 2009.