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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – Non-Dilutive Funding Options
Description: Non-Dilutive Funding Options Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startup funding comes in two forms: dilutive and non-dilutive. Equity funding is dilutive in that the fundraising reduces the ownership of the founders. Debt is non-dilutive in that the fundraise doesn’t change the founders’ ownership. Here’s a list of non-dilutive funding options. Loans -- these tend to be short-term loans from a bank. Grants -- these are most often acquired from government agencies that make grants to startups to foster innovation. Rewards/prepay crowdfunding -- this ge...