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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. Q: What is CISA and how does it compare to other alternative VC models?

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Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Our interest in web3 which started back in 2011 was also grounded in the idea that new forms of funding are necessary to finance innovation and creative work. And that is why Regenerative Finance (aka ReFI) is so interesting to me. That has led to all sorts of interesting projects which are too numerous to mention here.

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How Much Should You Raise in Your VC Round? And What is a VC Looking at in Your Model?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as your elevator pitch. It goes something like this … VC: “How much money are you raising?” Founder: “$8–10 million” VC: “What’s your current burn rate?” A VC is looking for reasonableness.

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CIBC Innovation Banking comes in with new $1.5B venture financing to fill VC gap

TechCrunch

Our role is to help both the entrepreneur and their VC partners grow that business with incremental capital,” he told TechCrunch. “We Our opportunity in good times is to allow VCs to sit on their dry powder while we use the bank’s capital to help grow their portfolio companies.”.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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7 Creative Financing Options for New Businesses and Startups

StartupNation

But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. You’ll need to think outside the box, but you’re bound to come across your “aha” financing moment in this article. Bootstrapping.

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GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders

TechCrunch

That’s the gap that revenue-based financing platforms like GetVantage want to fill. GetVantage says this includes several debt lines with non-banking financial companies to help scale its financing platform. Vasa said companies typically repay financing in about six to nine months.