Whether you’re looking for angel investors or considering debt financing, understanding your funding options and the capital stack is key...

Yesterday we closed our 300th deal: a follow-on round for Mailprotector. We’re aiming for 500 deals by July 2018, so hitting 300 is a big...

Subscription models bring a new level of complexity— deferred revenue , monthly recurring revenue churn , customer churn —but it also...

While seed money is more abundant than ever (the number of seed-funded companies has quadrupled in the last four years), Series A...

We’re happy to announce that Inc. has ranked Lighter Capital #634 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the...

On Tuesday, we hosted a webinar about important metrics to track when fundraising. Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland offered an investor’s...

As reported by their press release, Signal Vine, provider of a text messaging platform used by higher education institutions to improve...

Pitching investors and knocking on doors for growth capital is an all-consuming process. Not only does it require countless coffee...

Ah, the old “ what is product marketing ” debate. And then there’s the product management versus product marketing dilemma, with the all...

If there is a single, essential factor for predicting the long-term survival rate of a SaaS company, it’s the churn rate. Even companies...

Our webinar with inDinero covered 6 SaaS accounting issues that challenge startups. Read answers from our experts during the Q&A at the end.

As reported by VentureBeat, Nuvolo, a provider of asset management software to life sciences organizations and pharmaceutical companies,...

At my first startup, the CEO would run through financials at every other company meeting. She would tell us our revenue, how it was...

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has released their 2017 report on the alternative finance...

ServiceNow launched the CreatorCon Challenge to find and fund apps built to solve thorny problems for their global user base. Lighter...

Entrepreneurs fighting to reach $1M in annual revenue have a one-track mind. Ask one how they plan to raise capital to meet their sales...

In 2014, my friend started her first company. She used her personal savings to fund development, buy computers, and hire a UX designer to...

For more than sixty years, the Small Business Administration has helped American businesses grow. The SBA was slow to adopt programs and...

On April 4th, Boast Capital hosted a webinar featuring their CEO, Lloyed Lobo, and Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland. They discussed how...

Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland will be speaking on a panel at Lendit USA 2017, “Taking a Unique Approach to Expand Small Business...

Each year the US government provides billions of dollars to innovative businesses for developing new or improving existing technologies,...

Lighter Capital client CivicConnect (formerly Civic Resource Group) was singled out by StateScoop, a site that features innovators in...

Many times I have seen the following happen: a company is running out of money. In order to keep going, the team is going to have to take...

MapAnything, a five-time recipient of Lighter Capital funding, announced  a $33.1M Series B funding round today. Columbus Nova led the...