Southern Africa’s venture capital (VC) market ended 2024 on a high note, reaching a record R13.35bn in active investments across 1,325 deals, a 24% increase from the previous year.Source: UnsplashThat ...

For early-stage startups, venture debt can play an important role by filling the gap between equity rounds, extending runway, and giving these companies more time to hit key milestones.

Private credit, by definition, is an asset class of privately negotiated loans and debt financing from non-bank lenders. It includes small business and consumer loans, venture debt and other forms ...

As capital access tightens amid rising interest rates, this financing shift serves as both protection and a catalyst for ...

The first annual Venture Debt Conference was marked by confusion and skepticism as many of the biggest names in the industry speculated about a post-SVB future. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

In India, the venture debt market reached $1.23 billion in 2024—just 10% of total VC flow—indicating significant room for growth. Europe’s strengths lie in deal value and institutional appetite.

That’s why it’s interesting that startup finance company Arc Technologies is choosing now to take on the $30 billion venture debt industry with a venture debt marketplace for Silicon Valley ...

By the end of the year, debt deal value for tech surpassed 2021 numbers with more than $29 billion raised across 2,188 deals, according to PitchBook’s Venture-Monitor report.

Maurice Werdegar is the longtime CEO of venture debt shop Western Technology Investment, one of the most active venture debt lenders in the U.S. It’s also one of the older firms, having loaned ...

Venture debt lending has been on the rise.Last year’s Q2 was the second-largest quarter in terms of total venture debt value over the past decade, according to PitchBook data.