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Guide to venture debt and revenue based financing companies in Europe
How does Revenue-Based Financing work?
Revenue-based financing is a simpler lending arrangement vis-a-vis venture debt and therefore can be also offered to the earlier stage technology companies (generating more than 50k, or sometimes as little as 5k MRR) and enable to borrow smaller amounts (10k - 1m).
The lender typically advances a loan sized as a multiple of MRR (e.g. 4x) and gets repaid every month as a pre-agreed percentage of borrower's revenue (which will fluctuate over time). Instead of an interest rate, a fixed fee (and / or) a cap on the borrowed amount is agreed upon, which represents the cost of borrowing. Warrants are unlikely, however, the total cash cost of debt will likely to be higher than that of venture debt.
Some providers might use automated business assessment features that can reduce the time-to-loan materially, however would require granting the lender access to the borrower's billing or banking systems.
SaaS loans are a variation of funding arrangement whereas the borrower can be advanced up to a one-year worth of subscription revenue at a pre-agreed discount.
Revenue Based Financing companies
News & Resources
Options To Keep Your Equity: 6 Startup And E-Commerce Financing Alternatives To Venture Capital - Moguldom
30/09/20
Uncapped picks up another $26M to offer revenue-based finance to European entrepreneurs - TechCrunch
23/09/20
Good2Go2 & Canadian Teleradiology Services Provide Update to $5.0 Million Private Placement in Connection with Qualifying Transaction - Stockhouse
12/08/20
Beyond Venture Capital, New Models for Startup Funding Emerge:Q&A With Angel Investor Jay Vasantharajah - MarketCurrents WealthNet - MarketCurrents WealthNet
27/07/20
Capital raises $9M for its AI-based ‘capital as a service’ funding platform for startups - TechCrunch
30/06/20
$1 Billion For 2,800 Startups: How Clearbanc Uses AI To Take Bias Out Of Investing - Forbes
27/06/20