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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. I asked Michael Hoffman, Partner and General Counsel of Feenix, how he compared his firm with tech-enabled Merchant Cash Advance companies, e.g., Clearbanc , C2FO , Shopify Capital , etc.

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

Technically, the start-up is insolvent from the day they take the first dollar of investment. This can make it much more difficult to get any bank financing, new investment, and trade credit. In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e. How Much Diligence is Due. Why Invest in an insolvent company?

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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

That’s why for these reasons, some of the banks are and traditional financing sources are not as focused on the small business market. More and more lenders are now coming in, and alternative lenders and companies like SmartBiz, are coming in and making this process much more … Using technology to make the process faster and easier.