Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.”

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. We have invested using demand dividends (such as here ), redeemable shares (such as here / here ), revenue-share investing, and conventional debt/mezzanine structures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he defines, which I can summarize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 240

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 141

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 141

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

The low supply and high demand is driving up the valuations and deal sizes. Seed is not the first round of financing any more. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. Opinion VC Mezzanine pre-seed seed Series A Series B Series C venture capital venture landscape Venture Spiral' Welcome to the new venture landscape!

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