Raising venture capital comes at a steep cost. Venture debt could be an ideal alternative to bridge the funding gap. Read on to learn how it works.

Raising venture capital is soul-sucking work. You travel around pitching your company over and over to funds that don’t want to lose money. You answer thousands of needling questions and, finally, after months of effort you might get some money -- but not without strings attached. Sometimes you have to give up 20% or more of the equity in your business to raise the capital. READ MORE