The Startup Finance Blog

Explore the changing landscape of tech startup financing and learn about the growing trend of alternative financing options like revenue-based financing.

Seed funding, as the name suggests, is funding designed to germinate an idea into a business at its beginning stages. Here's how seed funding works.

While getting VC funded has long been touted as the ultimate goal for the SaaS business model, founders are increasingly skeptical that this is the best (or at least only) way to grow a company.

If you are a startup founder or CEO considering using a convertible note, a SAFE or another type of convertible instrument, there is a little-known aspect of such instruments that can cost you a lot in dilution: the number of shares included in the denominator.

This article covers alternatives to venture capital for funding a startup and compares the pros and cons of choosing debt capital over private equity.

This article covers how startup valuation works, how you should be thinking about valuation in general and what it means for you now and down the road.

Raising a series A round of funding from venture capital investors is a long and stressful process, but if your startup needs funding, this is what you can expect.

Entrepreneurs raise capital in order to have a war chest that lets them capitalize on opportunities. The problem is getting that war chest is a horribly slow, inefficient, and distracting process. Providing fast funding is one of the ways Lighter Capital is seeking to revolutionize the business of startup finance.