Tech Startup Survival Guide: Raising Cash When Funding Dries Up
Lighter Capital’s step-by-step survival guide helps tech startups navigate cash flow and funding to keep growing in a shaky economy.
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Venture Capital and Startup Fundraising in 2022: A New Environment
Venture capital investments changed dramatically in 2022, as did startup valuations. We explore what's different and the new opportunities a
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How to Navigate a Shifting Funding Market: Tips from a Risk Perspective
You’ve seen the staggering inflation rates. You’ve almost certainly been hit by them – at the gas pump, at the supermarket checkout, even...
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How to Navigate a Shifting Funding Market: Tips from a VC
As you are aware, the startup funding landscape has been changing over the past several months. Rather than funding growth at any cost,...
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Benefits to Securing Funding Prior to the End of the Year
Growing startups need capital to maintain growth and cash runway. Here are 3 reasons founders look to secure funding before the new year.
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What Startups Need to Know About Seeking Financing During the Pandemic
In the midst of this global pandemic, startups are working tirelessly to keep their business running. For many, that means securing...
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7 Ways Your Startup Can Thrive In A Tough Economy
In the span of a few short months, the entire global economy has changed. The way we work has changed. Even the way we live our daily...
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Why Startups are Turning to Non-Dilutive Funding to Fuel Growth
Early-stage SaaS startups are finding new alternatives to bootstrapping & VC funding to fuel growth. Why is debt capital so popular?
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Channel Your Inner Unicorn: Lessons from the $1B Market Cap Club
If you’re at the helm of a fast-growing startup, you may have wondered if your innovative project has what it takes to become a unicorn....
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What Is Dark Data and How Does It Affect Your SaaS Business?
Mention the words “dark data” and it immediately conjures up images of the Matrix, hackers, black hat tactics, and so on. Yet despite its...
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What Does .io Mean and What is the .io Domain Extension?
What is a TLD? You’re probably familiar with the term TLD, but what is a TLD and what exactly does it stand for? The term TLD stands for...
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5 Best Podcasts for SaaS Startup Founders
As innovators, the teams at SaaS startups are constantly learning. There are few established and “correct” ways of doing things in this...
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Take the Money or Run? 3 Reasons to (and Not to) Take VC Money
When your company is poised for exponential growth, you may have a shot at convincing venture capitalists to take a gamble on you, your...
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Capital-as-a-Service: A Partnership Model to Help Startups Grow
Imagine that you run a SaaS startup and want to secure funding quickly online. You want the application process to be simple and the...
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5 Things to Know Before Your Startup Joins an Accelerator
Startup accelerators offer an attractive funding and support option to early-stage companies. While they often get lumped together with...
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Report: Seattle Leads Nation as Fastest Growing Tech Hub
Silicon Valley may be the largest tech hub nationwide, but a new study has revealed Seattle leads the nation as the fastest growing tech...
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Funding for Entrepreneurs from Underrepresented Communities
A recent webinar co-hosted by Lighter Capital and Founders First Capital Partners offered insight into how revenue-based financing (RBF)...
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10 Must Follow Sites & Blogs for SaaS Entrepreneurs
SaaS entrepreneurs have no problem finding advice online. Blogging about how to succeed in this corner of the tech industry is...
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Our takeaways from the 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Report
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has released their 2017 report on the alternative finance...
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5 Ways to Survive Startup Fundraising
Launching a business is hard, but fundraising may be the most brutal part of the process. Investors are cutthroat-hard on the startups...
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