Insights on venture debt.
Just What is Venture Debt Financing, and How Did It Start?
A Solid Standalone or a Strategic Supplement As a business owner focused on growing a SaaS company, you may be exploring options to get more working capital and continue your growth trajectory — or even expedite it. Whether you’ve been funding your growth since the company started or have already received VC investment, venture debt …Read More
Growing a SaaS Company? Here’s Why SaaS Venture Debt Financing Might Be Right for You
When Capital Prohibits Growth, What Are Your Options for Growing a SaaS Company? For a growing subscription-based SaaS company, expenses can come close to or even exceed monthly recurring revenue (MRR) — creating cash flow challenges. Or, the business may simply need another infusion of capital beyond (or between) venture investments to propel growth. In …Read More
Craft Beers and SaaS Have More in Common Than You Might Think
There’s always a bit of fear when it comes to starting a new business. We should know—we started two of them in the last two years! The first was Sibling Revelry Brewery, a craft-brewing operation that began as a family passion project and has grown into a 3,600 barrel per year operation. The second was River …Read More
Regardless of Debt or Equity, Investors Are Aligned on What Qualities Make a Good Investment
Having an idea and the intention to build a successful startup is easy. Bringing the idea to life and successfully executing, however, can be a rather treacherous road. Although debt providers like River SaaS Capital and equity investors differ in their capital offerings, they do align when it comes to their quest for identifying and …Read More
Don’t Assume You Need Venture Capital, Plus a Few Other Nuggets From SaaStr Annual 2017
Last month we attended the SaaStr Annual meeting. The three-day conference, now in its third year, featured more than 150 speakers spread across multiple stages, and close to 10,000 attendees. SaaStr definitely drew the elite when it comes to speakers. Some were high profile—Twilio, Veeva, Slack, Evernote, Oracle, Gainsight. Others were less known, but equally …Read More
Small SaaS Companies Need Capital Too: Three ways RSC is giving more capital options to underserved SaaS firms
By now, you’ve probably heard some of the many reasons growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies make excellent credit risks for lenders. These companies have market traction, customers and fixed/predictable revenue. They also have variable costs, meaning that they can scale up or trim their spending as needed to make the best use of the capital they …Read More
Year One In The Life Of River SaaS Capital
When I joined the family business 18 years ago, I was fresh out of college. Back then, River Capital Finance was in the process of becoming what it is today—but in those days we were still very young. We started out under the name MRK Leasing in the mid-90’s and were still a small broker, …Read More
Debt vs. Equity: Why Not Both?
In previous posts we’ve covered some of the reasons lenders love SaaS companies, explained why SaaS companies should be considering debt-based capital options in lieu of traditional equity-based investments and even offered tips on how to find the right lender for you. What we haven’t discussed is how well debt-based options can work alongside equity investments …Read More
Demand For Debt-Based Capital Is Heating Up, But Which Lender Is Right For You?
It’s no secret that debt is a rapidly growing alternative to equity in the software as a service space. Lately, even long-established private equity (PE) firms are getting in on the action—firms like Cleveland’s own Riverside, a 30-year old PE heavyweight who just announced the launch of a nationally focused fund that will lend to …Read More
Five Takeaways From The 2016 Women Who Fund Forum
Last month, I was fortunate enough to moderate a panel discussion at the second annual Women Who Fund Forum, held in conjunction with the annual Michigan Private Equity Conference at The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. My panel, like the event itself, was focused on connecting and engaging women business leaders, investors and …Read More