venture debt
7 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 27, 2025 by Kevin Grossman · across every show →
Everything said about venture debt, oldest first
Mar 27, 2025 neutral
Grossman: Debt avoids equity dilution but imposes major operational restrictions
“So yeah, it doesn't come with dilution, but it does come with more strings attached. So even though I don't even have financial covenants, as I said, you still can't just go out and go create new entities and go buy other companies without our approval.”
Apr 17, 2025 bearish
Lagging revenue makes refinancing venture debt facilities difficult
“Anyone who's going to try to refinance you and help get you out of that position is oftentimes going to look at you on a, lever you on a revenue basis. So if you raised ten million bucks, but you only got, and you took three million, but you only got to two or…”
Apr 17, 2025
Apr 17, 2025 neutral
Jun 18, 2025
Jun 18, 2025 positive
Vaidya: Startups funded in 2021-2022 turn to debt as equity multiples compress
“Companies that were raising money in the 18 to 24 month cadence that raised money in 21, 22, right? At higher multiples are coming up for raising capital now in the equity markets, and they're seeing their multiples compress quite a bit. So Debt has become a s…”