Startup capital strategy: Venture debt 101

Venture debt is a type of financing designed specifically for startups to complement equity financing and provide access to capital without sacrificing additional equity. In this talk, Rob Belcher, who got his MBA from UW’s Foster School of Business and whose company is an alternative lender to B2B Saas companies, compares this type of alternative finance structures with traditional startup equity and bank debt financing, and discuss the broader landscape for early-stage financing for entrepreneurs.