Venture Debt Blog

As high-growth businesses scale and aim to meet new milestones, financing and planning that growth becomes increasingly important. Venture debt is one option for companies to get that next milestone. But what’s the best time to use venture debt? It makes sense to consider venture debt when your company is…

When growth is your goal, raising capital is top of mind. For growth stage companies, raising capital allows you to hire staff, invest in technology, and respond to the demands of the market. You might think that banks are one of the first places that entrepreneurs look for capital. Yet…

Growing your company involves finding a business model that is repeatable, scalable, profitable, and one that creates value for both the company and its customers. During the startup phase, your company gains expertise in improving your product or service. As your business grows, you continue to refine your process to…

Your company reaches the point where you are generating revenue, but you discover you still need more capital to keep things running. Raising capital allows businesses to continue to grow, and manage day-to-day operations. Raising capital through debt seems like a contradiction, but venture debt financing makes sense for fast…

  Venture-sponsored enterprise companies looking to fund growth use venture debt as a way to get the non-dilutive capital they need to extend their cash runway. The value that venture debt brings is attractive to fast growth companies in industries like SaaS, Medical, or Fintech. Capital raised through debt financing…

In the past few years, venture debt funding has become a popular way for fast growth companies to raise capital. In fact, venture debt is growing faster than the venture capital market, reaching $28.2 billion in 2019 and $27.5 billion in 2020, according to data from Pitchbook. Used in conjunction…

Venture debt has been gaining popularity as a way to extend cash runway for a business. It supplies much needed funding for fast-growing companies looking to scale and continue to grow. Often these companies are on target to be profitable, but they need the capital to keep things running and…

Debt financing is used by large companies that need capital expenditures yet have a good track record for projected growth. Companies raise venture debt in order to reserve additional capital for next rounds and to invest across their portfolios. It can prevent dilution from new investors by reducing the size…