What types of companies is Revenue-based Finance best suited for?
Since most people are only now beginning to discover revenue-based financing they mistakenly assume that it’s an exotic new financing mechanism suitable for a only a small subset of companies. The fact is that it’s a form of financing better suited to the majority of businesses than traditional equity financing. Consider the fact that equity-based financing depends on a profitable liquidity event taking place, such as an IPO or acquisition by a deep-pocketed buyer, to make it worthwhile for the investors. Then consider how unlikely either of those events really is for the vast majority of companies. The answer is highly unlikely. Continue reading
Capitalism like everything else has evolved in different ways around the world. The following lists and describes the different permutations. This is a new improved version.
Revenue Royalty Certificates: Advantages of Revenue-based Financing Instruments
I have been writing about some of the advantages of raising startup capital using instruments such as Revenue Royalty Certificates (or Revenue Royalty Agreements, if you prefer). As soon as you sell any equity for capital the pressure starts to mount for a liquidity event of one type or another. As I mentioned earlier, investors can only make money through a liquidity event. That’s when they normally recover their principal plus any capital gain that has hopefully accrued. Continue reading
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