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Do venture capital firms or private equity funds offer debt financing for startups?

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For venture capital, this is typically ten times the invested capital, and those returns can only be achieved through equity appreciation, not debt service. Invested Interests debt financing private equity funds startup VCs venture capital firms'

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

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After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.

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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

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The Business of Venture Capital. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms. Venture Deals. Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist. Mastering the VC Game. Term Sheets & Valuations.

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What are the best innovations to come out of the financial industry in recent times?

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The intriguing thing is that Gust (and the other online platforms in and around the private equity investing space) has just scratched the surface, and it’s the future impact that will be such a game-changer. Note: The author of this answer is completely biased, as he is the founder and CEO of the aforementioned platform.

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Limiting the Number of Shareholders in Private Companies

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Since the IPO market has been in the doldrums for most of the past decade, high-profile private companies have chosen (or been forced) to stay private while raising huge sums of money from VCs and other private equity sources.

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