What Are Venture Debt Covenants?
In the startup world, covenants are a standard part of a venture debt term sheet and we tend to think of them as the “rules of engagement” when it comes to taking on things like venture debt and leases.
Published on Sun, 1 September 2024
Closing the Deal: The Final VC Meeting
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, presents his guide to closing the deal in your startups final venture capital meeting, as it can be very intimidating.
Published on Tue, 20 August 2024
What are Your VC’s Return Expectations Depending on the Stage of Investment?
It is incredibly important that startup founders know what their VCs are going for so that they can be aligned and make smart decisions.
Published on Fri, 29 March 2024
What Happens to Venture Debt in a Downround?
When a startup goes through a downround, things can be very painful. Typically a downround will impact the founders a lot more than the venture capital investors , but if your startup has venture debt then things could become even more difficult. So what happens to venture debt when a startup goes through a downround, and what can you do at your company to work through that happening?
Published on Sun, 7 January 2024
Why Do Lenders Ask For Deposits on Venture Debt Deals?
Deposits are an important part of venture debt. It’s normal for part of the deal to require you send the lender, say, $20,000-$30,000. So why are deposits required by your lender when you sign a venture debt term sheet?
Published on Tue, 2 January 2024
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.
Published on Tue, 19 December 2023
How do venture debt overhangs affect equity funding?
Venture debt overhangs are an issue we are seeing more often, and they are frequently blocking the next equity funding round for startups.
Published on Sun, 17 December 2023
How Does the US Government Issuing $1 Trillion in Debt Affect Startups?
What does the US Federal Government issuing $1 trillion of debt mean for the startup financing environment?
Published on Sun, 27 August 2023
What is a forward commitment in venture debt?
For startups using venture debt can be a very helpful way to gain additional financing they need, to extend their runways or bridge to the next financing round. In order to strategically utilize venture debt for the best outcome, arranging a forward commitment is a smart move.
Published on Sun, 27 November 2022
Venture debt: Don’t borrow your own money
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, talks about the risks of Venture Debt and how to make sure you don't end up borrowing your own money!
Published on Sun, 5 June 2022
The value of having a branded VC lead your startup’s round
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses the value of having a branded Venture Capital firm lead your startup’s round and its several benefits.
Published on Tue, 31 May 2022
Quick Guide to Matching Assets to Debt
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, gives a quick guide to matching your startup's assets to the right kind of debt including revolvers and term debt.
Published on Tue, 27 July 2021
Does Crowdfunding Capital Raise Discourage Future VC Investment?
Does raising capital by crowdfunding discourage future venture capital investments? A guide to different ways to raise capital at startup.
Published on Sun, 23 May 2021
What is an Orphaned VC Deal?
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question 'what is an orphaned Venture Capital deal?' and explains how it might affect your startup
Published on Tue, 27 April 2021
3 Tips for Startup Venture Capital Funding
Startup founders, are you looking to raise venture capital? Here are 3 tips for startup venture capital funding.
Published on Tue, 30 March 2021
Where Do VCs Get Their Money?
Where do VCs get their money from? Everyone knows that entrepreneurs who are doing a startup have to go to pitch venture capitalists.
Published on Tue, 16 March 2021
Understanding VC’s thought process during the COVID crisis
The COVID crisis has dramatically slowed down early-stage venture activity.
Published on Mon, 29 June 2020
Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, explains the meaning of Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase and why Fintech companies raise capital.
Published on Tue, 28 April 2020
Venture Lenders Asking for Right to Invest Equity
Kruze Consulting COO, Scott Orn, discusses why Venture Lenders will ask for Equity Investment Rights when they they have made a loan to a good startup.
Published on Fri, 3 April 2020
Venture Debt Pre-Payment Penalty
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses what a pre-payment penalty might look like in a venture debt deal and how it could come about at startup.
Published on Fri, 3 April 2020
2020 VC Due Diligence Trends
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, shares 2020's Venture Capital due diligence trends that venture capitalists do prior to completing a deal.
Published on Thu, 27 February 2020
Tech CFOs Name the Hottest New Tech Cities In 2020
Read about the top cities that Tech CFOS have named the next top tech hubs in 2020, from a survey conducted by Kruze Consulting involving 30 Bay Area CFOS.
Published on Tue, 18 February 2020
How to Pick an Accountant for a Venture-Backed Delaware C-Corp
Kruze Consulting is 100% focused on helping seed and venture funded Delaware C-Corps with their accounting needs.
Published on Mon, 18 November 2019
Why do VCs like to invest in Delaware C-Corps?
Today we're answering the question: Why do VC's prefer to invest in Delaware C-Corporations instead of LLC's or S-Corps.
Published on Mon, 28 January 2019
Featured Service - TriplePoint
TriplePoint Capital is a Sand Hill Road-based global financing provider to high growth venture capital-backed companies throughout their lifespan, providing customized debt financing, leasing, and direct equity investments.
Published on Sun, 7 October 2018
Dangers of Venture Debt
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, on the dangers of venture debt and how to lower the risk of things going wrong when using venture debt for your startup.
Published on Fri, 10 August 2018
Venture Lending Common Events of Default
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, presents a guide to venture lending and the common events of default that you can encounter in venture debt.
Published on Wed, 8 August 2018
Fund Venture Lenders vs. Bank Venture Lenders
Today we're talking about fund venture lenders vs. bank venture lenders. Now, banks, they're always really really cheap. They have low interest rates and low warrant coverage and that's partially because they are lending out other companies’ deposits. They take one company's deposits and lend it out to another. That's how banks work in just about everything. So that way their cost of funding is very very low.
Published on Mon, 30 July 2018
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Square One Bank
This is your scouting report for Square 1 Bank and their venture debt services.
Published on Fri, 9 February 2018
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.
Published on Fri, 9 February 2018
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.
Published on Fri, 9 February 2018
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Bridge Bank
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn's Venture Debt scouting report on Bridge Bank and what you should know about Bridge Bank as a Venture Debt lender.
Published on Fri, 9 February 2018
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.
Published on Fri, 9 February 2018
Venture Debt Scouting Report: WTI
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, talks about Western Technology Investment, their services and using them for venture debt scouting reports.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
Venture Debt Scouting Report: Triplepoint
Triplepoint's a very large fund, a very aggressive lender in the venture debt marketplace.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
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.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
Minimum Cash Requirement in Venture Debt Deals
A minimum cash requirement is something that usually a bank will ask the company to do.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
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.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
Funding MAC (Material Adverse Change) in Venture Debt
We talked about MACs as an event of default. You definitely want to avoid those. But almost equally dangerous is the funding MAC.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
Final Payments in Venture Debt
The idea behind a final payment is that the lender will backload some of the interest.
Published on Tue, 6 February 2018
Startup's Due Diligence Information Venture Lenders Ask For
The first thing they're going to ask for is your historical financials.
Published on Tue, 14 November 2017
Why Do Startups Take Venture Debt?
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about venture debt. Should a startup take it? Is it good for the startup?
Published on Thu, 9 November 2017
