5 Things to do after You Raise Venture Capital
Today we’re talking about five things to do after you raise venture capital. The first one’s kind of obvious. You need a place to put that money, so you need to get a startup bank. We highly recommend you work with a bank that focuses on startups.
4 Reasons to Raise Venture Debt
Today we’re talking about four reasons to do ventured debt if you’re a startup. Now, the most important one is to extend your runway and make sure you hit all the key milestones the company needs to raise its next round of capital.
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: Warrant Coverage Upfront or On Usage
Let’s talk about warrant coverage in a venture leaning deal, and whether the warrant coverage should be based on usage or commitment.
Forecasting Best Practices for your Startup
Let’s talk about forecasting best practices, that’s building a three-year model that’s dynamic.
Architecting Your Startup Forecast
You’re going to build a three-year plan, and you’re going to start with a top-down approach.
Why Do Startups Need a 409 Evaluation
The IRS wants you to have a 409A valuation so they can make sure that your common stock options have the appropriate strike price.
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Square One Bank
This is your scouting report for Square 1 Bank and their venture debt services.
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.
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