While debt and venture capital supports the big wins of any number of flash in the pan ideas, we have created a company that will be around for future generations with the same guiding principles that are in place today.
As SVB likes to say, venture debt requires a symbiotic relationship between the debt provider and equity-provider (venture capital).
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For the lender, the returns are somewhat like the returns of a venture debt loan.
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Silicon Valley-style venture capital emerged during the 1970s, as did venture debt, better (and unfortunately) known as junk bonds.
Silicon Valley-style venture capital emerged during the 1970s, as did venture debt, better (and unfortunately) known as junk bond financing.
While venture debt can be an important tool at any stage of development, it is not and should never be seen as the primary source of capital or a replacement to equity provided by the venture capital or private equity.
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He secured a 42% premium to FleetBoston's current share price (the mark-up is usually 20-30%), and this for a bank that has had to recover from a string of strategic mistakes: FleetBoston is now focusing on consumer finance after losing a packet in more exotic businesses, such as Latin American debt and dotcom venture capital.
Stubblefield was co-founder of Lighthouse Capital Partners, a venture capital debt fund which has made over 100 investments.
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In my own company for example, my partners and I decided to eschew venture capital and debt.
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After unsuccessfully shopping the project to 150 venture capital, debt and equity investors, the DOE may be Mr. Taylor's only way for retaining control over the landfill technology that he spent more than 15 years developing.
Yet I wonder: If a company accepts millions of dollars in venture capital (debt), answers to an external board, and creates something that is designed to be sold to a bigger fish, does this really help the people who work there more so than a small business?
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Unfortunately, Clearwire took on too much debt in its ill-fated WiMax venture.
The only roadblock to the growth of this venture may be the ongoing debt crisis, which could lead to a decline in the demand for engineered aluminum and magnesium products.
In general, Brazil's family entrepreneurs avoid debt and insist on total control in any venture.
Real estate brokerage Realogy sought to skirt defaults on some of its bonds by launching a debt exchange but CarlIcahn'Carl Icahn's venture-capital firm, High River , threw a wrench in its plans by slapping Realogy with a lawsuit and accusing it of delaying the inevitable.
For private equity investors, the final test is whether a venture will generate sufficient cash flow to service the debt they plan to pile on it in order to pay themselves big dividends and recoup their initial investment--to "get their bait back, " in Wall Street parlance.
Big solar power companies, just like the cutting-edge ethanol and biofuel companies also popular with venture capitalists these days, usually need to tap the debt markets and borrow money to build large production plants.
The portfolio of projects, financed by debt and equity including an undisclosed, significant investment by Google in a venture formed by KKR, SunTap Energy, will include four solar photovoltaic facilities.
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The result is that individuals who borrow money and run into financial problems primarily because of a business venture have been lumped in with those who loaded up on debt for consumer goodies.
Unlike a bank loan or other types of debt financing, equity capital (whether it's an angel investment or venture capital) gives someone else an ownership interest in your company.
It's another example of how the current debt crisis is affecting all corners of the financial markets, including the niche world of venture capital.
There are no venture capitalists. lurking in the background, there is no significant long-term debt either.
When he was 19 years old, Grady worshipped Michael Milken and his junk-debt revolution and dropped out of New York's Pace University with dreams of shaking up the venture capital business.
It made a billion debt bet to acquire gasoline distributor Esso from Exxon Mobil a few years back and last year signed a joint venture with Shell to produce and distribute both ethanol and gasoline in Brazil and, indeed, around the world.
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