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
Insight
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.”
Kevin Grossman Mar 27, 2025 ▶ 5:17 35 - Navigating Non-Dilutive Capital: Insights with Decathlon Capital's Kevin Grossman
Apr 17, 2025 bearish
Insight
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…”
Brian Parks Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 5:59 41 - Funding the Future: Bigfoot Capital's Brian Parks on Flexible Lending for B2B Growth
Apr 17, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Venture debt requires an equity round within the last two quarters
“If you're going to get ventured at, you probably have to have raised around within the last quarter or two.”
Brian Parks Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 1:48 41 - Funding the Future: Bigfoot Capital's Brian Parks on Flexible Lending for B2B Growth
Apr 17, 2025 neutral
Insight
Venture debt facilities typically size at 25% to 33% of equity rounds
“And it's worth noting that the way they size kind of their facilities is as basically a percentage of the equity round. Again, back to 10, three, they may lend you a third, 25% to a third of your Equity round.”
Brian Parks Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 5:20 41 - Funding the Future: Bigfoot Capital's Brian Parks on Flexible Lending for B2B Growth
Jun 18, 2025
Disclosure
Multiplier Capital Only Funds Companies With Fully Funded Business Plans
“Typically from when our capital comes in, we will only fund businesses with a fully funded business plan with our capital, right?”
Ash Vaidya Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 12:33 Navigating Venture Debt: Startup Insights from Multiplier Capital
Jun 18, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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…”
Ash Vaidya Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 9:43 Navigating Venture Debt: Startup Insights from Multiplier Capital
Aug 4, 2025
Assertion Partly supported
Harmsen: Materials startups rely more on debt than digital companies
“They work more with loans. They work with venture debt more than I think digital companies do.”
Sven Harmsen Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 17:35 Bridging Innovation and Industry: Inside Corporate Venture Investing in Materials and Hard Tech
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