The Startup Finance Blog

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.

There are many ways to raise capital beyond equity funding, including the option of not raising any equity or going into debt at all — and that means good, old-fashioned bootstrapping. But when seeking capital, should you bootstrap or raise equity?

Part 5 in our series on how to think about your startup at different stages of growth discusses how to pitch investors and raise angel money.

Part 4 in our series on how to think about your startup at different stages of growth explains what seed money is and how to find angel investors.

In the early stages of growth, companies must consider different strategies for raising capital to build a startup team and compensate employees.