Bridge Financing Cost Marketing 
The Startup Magazine
JULY 4, 2024
Managing Cash Flow Difficulties For start-ups, managing cash flow is a perennially talked about issue, with a run rate of operational cost often running ahead of the revenue generation, especially in the early days to stay afloat.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
It’s simply what a market is willing to pay based on a future belief that your company will grow and non-linear rates and be worth much more in the future. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Cashflow projections?
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2010
Maybe the market views this as not worth the price you paid? The industry jargon for convertible debt is a “bridge loan&# or “bridge financing.&# It’s called a bridge loan because it’s meant to provide enough capital to bridge you from your last round of funding until your next round of funding.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
According to Lighter Capital ,“ the RBI market has grown rapidly, contrasting sharply with a decrease in the number of early-stage angel and VC fundings ”. However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds.
Up and Running
JUNE 25, 2014
Hopefully I’ll be able to add some value with some of the financing needs that your businesses may need. As I’ve been working in this industry, as Sabrina started out said, I was the Chief Marketing officer of CAN Capital which is a big alternative lender and now I’m the Vice President of SmartBiz SBA Loans. Why is it hard to do that?
K9 Ventures
MARCH 23, 2011
The convertible note was really intended as an instrument for a “bridge financing” – when an equity round was imminent, and likely to occur, but the company needed some money in between. In that case, it made good sense to have a debt instrument, where the note holder then converted into equity when the financing occurred.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
It’s simply what a market is willing to pay based on a future belief that your company will grow and non-linear rates and be worth much more in the future. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Cashflow projections? I’m not sure. Actually not.
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