Tech Startup — Business Loan & Private Credit Case

Case context

Tech Startup · Tech Startup | Asset-Light Case — Funding Structured on Subscription Revenue (ARR)

Financing obstacle

Purely Digital Operations Met with Property Collateral Demands

• Valuation tied to code; completely lacked brick-and-mortar assets
• Legacy risk assessment models failed to evaluate software metrics

Client-provided information

The client manually submitted existing operating and financial information as required for the application; this page does not infer documents not recorded on the current site.

Approach

Revenue-Based Private Equity Structuring

• Mapped entity directly to alternative funds specializing in technology ARR
• Secured growth capital with zero dilution and zero property collateral

Case outcome

Tech Startup | Asset-Light Case — Funding Structured on Subscription Revenue (ARR)

As a software startup, our only asset is code, yet retail banks demanded property backing. SME Island connected us with alternative growth funds that financed us strictly based on our recurring revenue!