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What Is Venture Debt?

Loans to venture-backed companies, usually alongside equity rounds, to extend runway without selling more shares.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Debt is reported differently from equity, and adding the two together inflates funding totals. Legal Tech Circle lists debt separately and never counts it in its funding figures.

Related Terms

Funding round
A stage of investment in a startup, such as seed, Series A or Series B, in which investors buy equity to fund growth.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.