Venture Debt Scouting Report: Comerica
Comerica is a huge venture lending firm, they’ve been doing it for a very long time, dating all the way back to when they acquired Imperial Bank.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: City National Bank
City National Bank is a great group to work with. They’re led by Rod Werner, who’s the consummate Silicon Valley deal-maker.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Bridge Bank
Bridge Bank has been a venture lender for a long time, but they used to be a much smaller bank. Recently they were acquired by a large bank, so their balance sheet is really big so they can do much bigger deals.
Kruze Consulting’s Role in Placing Venture Debt
All of our clients know to call us but there’s a lot of people out there or a lot of startups that don’t know that we do this on an ad hoc basis.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: WTI
WTI has been around for I think about 30 years. They’re one of the major players in the VentureNet market, and they specialize in doing very large deals and very flexible deals.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Triplepoint
Triplepoint’s a very large fund, a very aggressive lender in the venture debt marketplace.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: SVB
SVB is one of the largest players in the venture debt market. They’ve been servicing start-ups for many, many years.
VC Liquidation Preferences
For those who don’t know, a liquidation preference gives a venture capitalist the right to get their money back before other shareholders.
Tax Reporting ISO and NQSO
This is a big question that we get in December and January of each year. What should we be doing with all of those employees and contractors that you’ve given ISO’s and NQSO’s too?
Startup Tax Return
How much should be a startup tax return cost?
Section 382 Triggers
Section 382 is a part of the IRS code that was developed about 20 or 30 years ago to limit corporations’ use of their net operating losses to offset profits.
SAAS Sales Tax
SAAS sales tax does exist, it’s not just for tangible goods. A couple of years ago various states put into place SAS sales tax.
R&D Tax Credit Expense Categories
If you haven’t heard, R&D tax credits have really changed dramatically over the past couple of years.
Minimum Cash Requirement in Venture Debt Deals
A minimum cash requirement is something that usually a bank will ask the company to do.
Material Adverse Change as Event of Default in Venture Debt
Material adverse change clauses, or MAC, is the one term you do not want to have on your term sheet.
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