Decoding Venture Debt – What Every Founder Must Know About Debt Financing
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Decoding Venture Debt – What Every Founder Must Know About Debt Financing
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The ASYMMETRIC Crew today:
Revant: Founder, Mosaic Wellness
Shantanu: Founder, Bombay Shaving Company
Chirag: Founder, GoKwik
Ankit Agarwal: Managing Partner at Alteria Capital
00:00 Coming Up
01:10 Intro and Welcome, Ankit!
03:07 Debt vs. Equity
07:08 Startup Funding Journeys
09:04 How Founders Think About Debt
14:40 Venture Debt Provider Portfolio Allocation
17:25 Debt vs. Equity - The Trade-Off
21:07 Lessons from Failed Startups & Over-Leverage
28:44 Venture Debt: How Do LPs Get Comfort?
35:19 Growth Runways & Cash Flow
41:20 Managing Debt While Chasing Growth
42:02 Case Study: Using Debt to Scale
54:59 Risk and Reward for LPs
01:00:18 Operations of Venture Debt Funds
01:06:32 Risks in Acquisition Deals
01:08:22 Challenges in Indian Banking for Startups
01:15:58 Venture Debt vs. Traditional Lenders
01:18:24 Competition in Venture Debt
01:20:34 Concluding Thoughts