Justin Langen @ Head Of Investor Partnerships At Uncapped | The Rise Of Non-Diluted Funding As An Inflection Point For Raising A Round

In this Episode of FounderTech Decoded we talk to Justin Langen, Head of Investor Partnerships at Uncapped. In this conversation we zoom in on the evolution of using different and new financial products to reframe traditionally stigmatised approaches around instruments used to fund debt, to now hopefully propel venture into a much more agile and open space.

 

How this venture landscape that has traditionally veered towards equity as the default go-to, is starting to see the introduction of new tools and platforms around restructuring and offering debt-based solutions, start to gradually adjust and reconfigure the funding conversation. Where such debt is not seen as an end of the line emergency vehicle but a much more proactive and dynamic part of a founder’s startup runway.

 

We discuss how at Uncapped they are starting to explore calling this ‘Non-Diluted Funding’ and how they are learning that this type of venture debt is particularly suited to SaaS models and platforms. Where the fundamentals and unit economics are more easily made visible and known, in order to determine if there are distinct levers that can be amplified to stimulate further growth, revenues and return. Particularly when these models are also plugged into FounderTech APIs like Xero and Chargebee, to offer a much better real time macro and micro view of the scaling startup via which to quickly evaluate the business.

 

Finally, we talk about how viewing and delivering Non-Diluted Funding in this way can actually provide a very strong signal, point of intelligence and financial datapoint when raising a further equity round. Giving founders new found flexibility and runway security and in doing so also potentially strengthening their negotiating hand with VCs for their equity rounds. All of which allows for more intelligence and optionality in the venture landscape going forward.

 

Explore further and connect with Justin: 

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-langen-528873151/ 

• https://www.weareuncapped.com/ 

• https://www.saastock.com/