Aug 8, 2022 When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans. First, bridge loans are a bridge to something else. Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). T...

Aug 8, 2022 When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans. First, bridge loans are a bridge to something else. Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). T...