debt financing
After surpassing $100M in ARR, Harness grabs a $150M line of credit
Harness isn’t founder Jyoti Bansal’s first startup. He sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion in 2017, the week it was supposed to go public. His latest venture has raised…
For many startup founders, a “founder-friendly” investor is one who stays relatively hands off. But in today’s climate, we need the opposite.
Debt, or loans, get a bad rap where they concern startups. But they aren’t always a bad financing vehicle, particularly when other forms of capital…
Founders should use predictive modeling to fundraise smarter
Even with the rampant enthusiasm for pouring bigger equity checks into startups, founders are now in a unique place in time where they can think…
Why and when startups should look to diverse sources of capital
Venture capital is a popular source of capital for early-stage startups, but it’s not the only one. Debt is an increasingly popular alternative, as is non-dilutive, revenue-based financing.
Getaround tops up $25M debt financing to its $140M Series E
Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from…
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How one founder leveraged debt to drive early growth and avoid dilution
Could SaaS securitization be a future model of debt for startups?
Three things that every startup should consider before the fundraising tide goes out
Now is the time for startups to engage in strategic planning so that future liquidity needs will be met. This article discusses market trends and how debt financing and other…
When it comes to obtaining financing to grow your app or game business, there are several options from which to choose that take a debt-based approach, rather than giving away…
Pusher pulls in $2.5M to push live web and app content everywhere
London-based Pusher, the company powering The NY Times’ live election results and DraftKing’s fantasy scoring results, just raised $2.5 million to up its stakes further. The money came from SaaS…
Without leverage, the private equity sector as we know it wouldn’t exist. While some tech execs and VCs recoil at the thought of using leverage, the truth is that the…
U.S.D.A. Giving INEOS Bio $75 Million Loan To Make Ethanol From Waste
INEOS New Planet BioEnergy — a joint venture between the biofuels division of the chemicals company INEOS, and waste management and biofuel facility consultants New Planet Energy — secured a…