founders-guide-to-venture-debt 
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 1, 2024
Subscribe now Shades of 2021 in Venture Markets Private markets are really starting to heat up, and I’m starting to see shades of 2021. This creates a lot of fomo in venture markets as no one wants their favorite prospect companies to get pre-empted, so they move first. Follow along to stay up to date!
SaaStr
JUNE 13, 2021
In the annals of Blog Posts About Things I Don’t Care About, Convertible Debt versus Equity is high on the Top 10 List. I’d made a relatively small ($800k) convertible debt investment in a company, and the VC that led the next round then rewrote many of the terms. I’m all for being founder-friendly, trust me.
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Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
At this point, your company has decided to raise debt or at least would like to explore the option… where do you start? If this is your first time embarking on a debt raise, it can be a daunting task , particularly given the sheer number of options, structures to consider, resources required, and ever-evolving debt provider landscape.
Clouded Judgement
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Confluent guided 1.4% Part of this could be conservative guides being called out (Confluent kind of said this about their guide when they said “ if you look at our Q1 and full year guidance, we're not assuming a huge amount of acceleration in the second half of the year. Follow along to stay up to date! Palantir 0.3%.
SaaStr
MARCH 13, 2019
I shared my detailed learnings here, and I think it remains a strong analysis of the pros and cons of each way to raise money, and what really matters: An Insider’s Guide to Convertible Debt vs. Equity. The basic advice will be: SAFEs and convertible debt are cheaper / faster to do than equity. Sometimes true.
The SaaS CFO
AUGUST 29, 2019
How Venture Debt Helps Founders Grow Their Businesses Many founders of SaaS businesses I speak with look only to equity to finance the start-up and early growth of their businesses. They may not be aware of, or do not appreciate the value of, venture debt financing which is complimentary to venture financing.
Baremetrics
MAY 7, 2019
Bootstrapping vs VC, debt vs equity, profitability vs hyper-growth, sustainability vs substantial exits, the list goes on. For example: Company A was funded by some of the founders’ savings, a small line of credit from the local bank, and profits from customers. in debt to buy out investors to focus on independence and profitability.
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