David Teten
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David Teten is a Venture Partner with HOF Capital. He was previously a Partner for 8 years with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital. David writes regularly at teten.com and @dteten.
Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. But should they? Or should they look to one of the new wave of revenue-based investors?
Revenue-based investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.
This guest post was written by David Teten, Venture Partner, HOF Capital. You can follow him at teten.com and @dteten. This is the 5th part of our series on Revenue-based investing VC that touches on:
Revenue-based investing: A new option for founders who care about control Who are the major revenue-based investing VCs? Should your new VC fund use revenue-based investing? Why are revenue-based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? Should you raise equity venture capital or revenue-based investing VC?From the founders’ point of view, the advantages of the RBI model are: