{"id":40929,"date":"2025-02-17T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=40929"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:00:24","slug":"turning-dreams-into-reality-with-a-startup-loan","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/case-studies\/turning-dreams-into-reality-with-a-startup-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning dreams into reality with a startup loan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nicol\u00e1s Prada opened Piragua Colombian Specialty Store to share his culture and cuisine with the community. Offering homemade Colombian dishes, retail goods, and 100% Colombian coffee, his goal was to provide a taste of Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After facing rejections from banks, Nicol\u00e1s turned to Swoop for funding. \u201cSwoop made my dream possible when the banks said no,\u201d he says. With Swoop\u2019s quick and easy loan process, he was able to open Piragua. The process was smooth and fast, with Swoop\u2019s team providing ongoing support and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn less than a month, I got the loan,\u201d Nicol\u00e1s says, praising the speed and ease of working with Swoop. Thanks to the funding, Piragua is thriving, and Nicol\u00e1s is gearing up to grow the brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40930,"template":"","category-cases":[404,408],"class_list":["post-40929","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cases-loans","category-cases-small-business-stories"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua.png",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua.png",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua.png",1280,720,false],"image_blog":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-408x252.png",408,252,true],"image_podcast":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-397x298.png",397,298,true],"image_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-36x20.png",36,20,true],"image_blog_internal":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-840x480.png",840,480,true],"image_blog_medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-1024x500.png",1024,500,true],"image_single_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Small-Business-Stories-_-Piragua-80x45.png",80,45,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Nicol\u00e1s Prada opened Piragua Colombian Specialty Store to share his culture and cuisine with the community. Offering homemade Colombian dishes, retail goods, and 100% Colombian coffee, his goal was to provide a taste of Colombia. After facing rejections from banks, Nicol\u00e1s turned to Swoop for funding. \u201cSwoop made my dream possible when the banks said no,\u201d he says. With Swoop\u2019s quick and easy loan process, he was able to open Piragua. The process was smooth and fast, with Swoop\u2019s team providing ongoing support and guidance. \u201cIn less than a month, I got the loan,\u201d Nicol\u00e1s says, praising the speed and&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"","url":""},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/40929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-studies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category-cases","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category-cases?post=40929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}