Refinance Debt Archives - Financing Gazelles

The Rise of “Dequity”

August 21, 2023April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Financing Innovation: The Rise of “Dequity” I was talking with a banker the other day and he used a term that I hadn’t heard before but made a lot of sense. He said, they make ‘dequity’ investments. What he meant was they make loans, but the risk they take and the way…

Merchant Cash Advances (MCA) Deceiving Math

March 29, 2021September 3, 2021 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

A lender recently told me a story about how entrepreneurs often get deceived by the cost of MCA (Merchant Cash Advances) loans. As an example, one owner recently mentioned he was about to get a $121,000 loan that required the company to pay back $165,000 in 9 months and the company…

Revenue Based Financing: Refinance Your Merchant Cash Advance Loans

February 25, 2019August 31, 2021 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

Over the years, we have had fast growing companies come to us looking for help both getting new capital and refinancing (out) merchant cash advance loans that they had taken out. In one instance, a company needed to make payroll by the end of the week and had no money in…

Get More Capital From Your Bank - Example

Getting More From Your Bank – Example

September 27, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Getting More From Your Bank - Example In the last post, I made the point that if you want more capital from your bank and they won’t give it you, then then go out and get financing proposals from another bank and your existing bank is likely to step up…

Getting More Capital Out of Your Bank

August 25, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Getting More Capital Out of Your Bank Growing companies often struggle to get enough capital to grow the way they want. Its not uncommon for business owners to wine and dine their banker then ask for a credit increase and be denied. A way to change that dynamic is to…

Assess You Company’s Debt Capacity

November 18, 2010April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

If you are interested to refinance your company’s debt or get additional capital, theres is a fairly simple rule of thumb that can help you quickly gauge your financing alternatives and make sense of today’s lending environment. This white paper by Lantern Capital Advisors identifies the simple corporate finance rule…

Creative But Little Known Source Of Debt Financing

November 28, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

High Growth companies (Gazelles) looking for financing often don't realize they may be able to finance their company with various forms of creative debt structures. This however is rarely debt you would find at your local bank. These more exotic forms of debt are provided in the capital markets by…

Capital Shortage? Hardly

November 4, 2008April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

In the midst of this credit freeze, I am routinely always asked, "Is there ANY one out there funding growing businesses?" My answer is, "of course!" Just like Warren Buffet is spreading his money around, the same can be said for SOME investors and specialty lenders and senior lenders. For…