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In Part 4 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison of Applied Real Intelligence focuses on how to mitigate risk, starting with a deep understanding of the borrower's industry, development stage and financial health.

In Part 3 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison of Applied Real Intelligence explains how to enhance equity upside through smart and creative structuring of deals.

Dan Conner of Ascend Venture Capital shares practical steps VC firms can take to address minority start-up funding imbalances.

In Part 2 his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence demystifies the intricate world of venture debt deal structures.

In Part 1 of his series on venture debt, Zack Ellison from Applied Real Intelligence notes that when it is compounded at 15% per year an investment in venture debt over 10 years produces a 4x MOIC.

Oliver Libby of H/L Ventures outlines the key steps the venture industry needs to take "to ensure that we are behaving responsibly enough to avoid heavy-handed governance and regulation."

Attorney Carl Hessler of Lowenstein Sandler offers a refresher on deal structuring and fiduciary duties for down rounds.

Mike Collins, founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, shares his vision for AV to ‘become the most AI-powered VC in the industry’ and the progress the firm has made so far.

The SEC brought what appears to be a record number of enforcement actions against exempt reporting advisers in 2022, write attorneys for Goodwin Procter.

The number of corporate venture capital firms has grown by more than six times since 2020. Bill Taranto of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund explains why CVCs are thriving.