Dakotas America, LLC will provide debt and equity capital to support emerging businesses in North Dakota and South Dakota in the energy, food/commodity processing, technology, retail service, health care and tourism sectors. Its service area includes regional Native American reservations, areas of extreme rural out-migration, EZ/EC communities, and low-income communities that exhibit some of the nation’s most adverse economic conditions. The NMTCs may be used to create loans that offer significantly lower rates, and other more favorable terms such as higher loan-to-value ratios, unsecured status, lower solvency requirements, extended maturity or reduced payments, and “quasi-equity” characteristics in support of gap financing.