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venture debt

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2026 by Rory O'Driscoll · across every show →

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Jul 16, 2026 negative
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O'Driscoll: Heavy Venture Debt Traps Slow-Growing Companies
“It's just the real dangers of adding a big slug of venture debt on top of a slow-growing business. You just end up trapped. You put your equity at risk, and you end up with a cap table which is very misaligned.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 1:14:26 Zuckerberg Back on X Challenging Codex & Claude Code | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 16, 2026 negative
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Lemkin: Raising venture debt instead of equity is a sucker bet
“Certainly don't do debt instead of an equity round. That's the sucker bet, right? It's just, you better be the hottest thing on planet earth or it's gonna kill you.”
Jason Lemkin Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 1:15:15 Zuckerberg Back on X Challenging Codex & Claude Code | SK Hynix’s $26BN IPO · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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