Description

The Venture Debt Conference 2024 is dedicated to non-dilutive financing strategies for emerging growth companies with a focus on venture debt as an unfamiliar form of financing.

The Venture Debt Conference 2024 covers topics such as:

Why venture debt is an increasingly viable way to raise capital in the current market as private equity and venture capital firms tighten their purse strings
Market size of the venture debt market, growth projections through the next year
A Need for Speed: Why direct lenders can almost always cut a check faster than banks
Know your lender: What to look for in a venture debt partner
Why venture debt is typically less than half the cost of giving up equity
How pre-revenue companies can turbocharge business growth with venture debt
A word about warrants: how they impact venture debt deals
The venture debt underwriting process: Creditworthiness and assessment of equity sponsors
Debt structures for working capital vs. growth capital
Caveats of venture debt financing — from high interest rates to equity expectations
Common venture debt options: equipment financing, accounts receivable financing, and term loans
Timing considerations: Raising debt alongside equity, raising between rounds, raising to fund an acquisition – and the unique considerations of each approach
The lender landscape: Commercial banks, specialty finance firms, alternative lenders
How companies use venture debt to extend their cash runway and minimize equity dilution
Senior loans vs. subordinated debt structures
Revenue-based funding
Using hybrid securities including convertible bonds, preferred stock, and debt with warrant kickers
Royalty-based funding for life sciences companies
Advances
Alternative lending structures, including lines of credit, bridge loans, factoring, and merchant cash
The role of market participants: Lenders, underwriting and credit companies, loan servicers, and loan brokers
How macro credit conditions and economic indicators impact venture debt markets