In Part 3 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison of Applied Real Intelligence explains how to enhance equity upside through smart and creative structuring of deals.
Dan Conner of Ascend Venture Capital shares practical steps VC firms can take to address minority start-up funding imbalances.
In Part 2 his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence demystifies the intricate world of venture debt deal structures.
The recent IPOs for Arm, Instacart, Klaviyo and Neumora Therapeutics have investors eager to see more unicorns follow suit and end the distribution dry spell.
In Part 1 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence notes that when it is compounded at 15% per year an investment in venture debt over 10 years produces a 4x MOIC.
More VC firms are turning to AI as part of the underwriting process
'It is not doom and gloom, but I don't see a roaring comeback either,' says Ewen.
The UK-based firm has achieved returns ranging from 1.9x to 16.1x for venture-backed companies that generate at least 20 percent of their revenue in the US.
Using Michael Sonnenfeldt's TIGER 21 network, the New York-based VC firm is introducing start-ups to additional investors and strategic industry contacts who can support their go-to-market efforts.
Richard Blakesley is using AI to vet investments for the Boost Fund, noting that 'the early-stage fundraising process is plagued by bias of all sorts: expert bias, pattern-recognition bias, network bias and so forth.'