The Venture Debt Conference 2024

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.

Topics

• 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

Who should Attend

Attendees from:

• Commercial Banks
• Specialty Lending Firms
• Emerging Growth Companies
• Consulting Firms
• Hedge Funds
• Family Offices
• Venture Capital Firms
• Investment Banks
• Revenue-based Lenders
• Law Firms
• Specialty Finance Firms
• Private Equity Firms
• Angel Investors
• Alternative Lenders
• Companies Seeking Venture Debt
• Venture-backed Companies