Venture Debt - Loan origination & servicing + Case study

Hi, I'm currently interviewing at a venture financing firm focused on venture debt, and was wondering if you guys have some advice on loan origination & servicing. For instance, what should I look at specifically in terms of:

  • cash balance

  • financial projections

  • burn

  • break even/profitability

  • anything else?

and how to determine loan amount, duration, IR, interest only period from that?

Also if anyone knows how to prepare for a venture debt case study or point me in the right direction that would be fantastic! Thank you!

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Not too versed in this but at the early venture stages things differ wildly. What sector is the company in for this case study? Is this a newly seeded tech company or a biotech that has had three rounds of financing but is still nowhere near turning out a drug?

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Maybe structure the debt amount based on ARR as a lot of the tech buyouts are structured based on ARR multiples. Duration is probably 3-5 years as a lot of these venture debt transactions are bridging the company to its next capital event (e.g. IPO, equity round, sale, etc.). Return is likely in the HSD or LDD ballpark (cash / PIK with some warrants upside). Also the size of the firm matters a lot too - small venture debt and large venture debt are fairly different

Disclaimer: I am not really in the space either so take it with a grain of salt.

 

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