PPP Loan Documentation and Forgiveness
Now that Paycheck Protection Program loans are finally flowing to our clients, what are the steps you need to take to make sure you get the maximum amount of loan forgiveness possible?
Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase
Fintech companies have special needs when raising funding that they are going to use to loan money out to their clients - often called “equity and debt staircase”.
Podcast with Kruze Client and Sean Ellis
Recently, Kruze COO, Scott Orn, participated in Sean Ellis’ new podcast accompanied by one of our clients - the CEO of SonderMind, Mark Frank.
Webinar: SMB loans during COVID
Kruze Vice President FP&A, Healy Jones, will be joining this new Procurify’s webinar on All You Need To Know For Small Business Loans.
Venture Lenders Asking for Right to Invest Equity
A lot of times venture lenders, they’re smart. They know when they find a good deal when they’ve done a loan with a good startup, they want to get a little piece of the equity too.
Venture Debt Pre-Payment Penalty
Pre-payment means that you’re going to pay back your loan early. You know, typically, when a venture lender makes a deal, they project out the total interest they’re going to capture over the life of the loan, and that’s their return.
Warrant Coverage Venture Loans
The rationale for a warrant coverage or a little bit of equity upside for the lender is that they’re taking a lot of risk here.
Is the recent COVID stimulus package passed by the federal government available to seed and venture capital-backed startups?
Kruze Consulting, a leading accounting firm serving VC funded startups, breaks down how the COVID stimulus bill, the CARES Act, will help seed and venture funded startups.
SBA Crisis loans may work for startups - plus alternative funding sources
Congress is working on legislation to help businesses survive the COVID-19 crisis. Traditionally, SBA loans would not be a fit for venture-backed startups because of personal guarantees requirements and majority ownership issues.
What Salaries Did Startup CEOs Earn in 2019?
One of the most common questions CEOs ask us at Kruze Consulting is: “How much should my salary be?” Since the Kruze team helps run startup’s books and payroll, it’s natural that we’d get this question. We looked at our payroll data for over 125 seed and venture-backed startups to come up with the answer.
Two recent Kruze guest posts
Vanessa Kruze recently penned two guest posts on some respected accounting and HR websites, AccountingToday and HR Technologist. If you didn’t catch them, here’s more about these posts
What the Plaid acquisition by Visa means for startup bookkeepers
Visa has announced that they are acquiring Plaid, a FinTech Unicorn who provides the backend data-transfer piping a lot of automated financial systems use - including some cutting edge bookkeepers.
2020 VC Due Diligence Trends
We are seeing several new trends in the due diligence that venture capitalists do prior to completing a deal. Kruze is in a unique position to notice new venture capital trends since our clients have raised over $3.5 billion in early-stage funding.
Tech CFOs Name the Hottest New Tech Cities In 2020
This month we surveyed nearly 30 Bay Area CFOs to find out their predictions for all things tech in 2020. One question that drew particularly enthusiastic responses was: What’s the next new U.S. tech hub?
Most popular posts in our Quora Space of 2019
Our Quora Space - The Up Round - has been growing non-stop since last year! Our almost 11,000 followers get super informative articles on startup finance and accounting every day.
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