venture debt

“And what we've realized is that companies that don't deleverage, let's say you borrowed five million, prefer to pay Five million all at one shot after like two years or three years. That takes away from the allure of a company in the eyes of potential future i…”

“This is a blanket sort of summary, but it's typically a term loan with a tenure of somewhere between two to three years. What that basically means is that we provide the capital upfront and it gets paid back essentially on a monthly basis, principal plus a lit…”

“So essentially what you are doing is you are leveraging the dollars that you bring in as a founder to unlock Even more capital to bring you nearer term value such that when you need to go out to market again, you incorporate that value into your valuation, for…”

“Now, if it's a matter of dilution, or if it's a matter of wanting to cheapen your cost of capital, that cost Savings. Typically it's to the founder and not to the company. If I, as a founder raise equity, I'm diluting my shares. If I, as a founder raise debt, …”

“Part of my argument is if you're, if you raised four or five million from a VC, your seed raise, whatever, and you can get an extra one and a half million dollars, it increases the likelihood that you'll survive to raise your A round. Because chances are you'l…”

“I don't see venture debt a whole lot on the VC side because the venture capitalists don't like venture debt. They like to, you know, have their positions, you know, without any issues there.”

“Well, I think venture debt. Or any sort of debt works really well when you figured out your unit economics around customer acquisition. If you haven't necessarily figured out your unit economics around customer acquisition, I think it can be a bit daunting for…”