Raising Startup Capital for Your Tech Business
How To Get The Funding That Maximizes Your Value
Tech startups are rather unique when it comes to financing growth and raising capital. Unlike more traditional businesses, young technology companies offering SaaS or cloud platforms and other subscription services don’t typically have many hard assets, but they are often quick to generate revenue, scale easily, and can operate with high margins.
Today, tech startups have more capital solutions to choose from than traditional debt financing and equity financing via angel investors and venture capitalists. You don’t have to use your house to personally guarantee a bank loan, and you don’t need to fork over a chunk of equity early on that could have been millions of dollars in your pocket.
Of course, with more options comes the difficulty of navigating a wide field of complex financial instruments and different types of investors, while knowing every decision you make will impact your future.
Don’t panic. We’ve put our insights from more than a decade of experience financing tech startups into an easy-to-use resource that will help you prepare for this journey, without slowing down!
Lighter Capital’s Raising Capital for Tech Startups is a 20-page guide designed to help you build a fundraising strategy that maximizes your company’s growth and your ownership value.
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Use this guide to discover your winning fundraising strategy
The financing decisions you make at any point in your startup’s lifecycle help determine its trajectory. Get in touch with one of Lighter Capital’s experienced Investment Advisors to talk about cash flows, burn rates, capital planning, and other entrepreneurial growth strategies.
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From the self-sustaining bootstrappers to the potential market disruptors, savvy founders seek out funding that not only gets them to the next milestone but also aligns with their company’s growth trajectory and their long-term goals.
Which types of financing make the best use of your time and minimize your costs? When is the right time to raise an equity round and how do you get the deal you want?
Our guide to Raising Capital for Tech Startups can help you leverage fundraising to make your entrepreneurial dreams become reality. Use the information and tools in this guide to plan and prepare for a funding path that gives you the best chance of success.
Get your capital gameplan ready
How you raise capital to grow your company, particularly in its early stages, will impact the trajectory of your business and, ultimately, the value to get out of it. Use the visual resources we’ve provided to compare all your options and identify your ideal funding path.
Prep metrics, milestones, and projections
How you raise capital to grow your company, particularly in its early stages, will impact the trajectory of your business and, ultimately, the value to get out of it. Use the visual resources we’ve provided to compare all your options and identify your ideal funding path.