Fatou Diagne & Stephanie Heller: Traveling to Mozambique and Other Crazy Adventures | Main Episode 8

📅 November 30, 2023

About This Episode

Fatou and Stephanie discuss their venture debt fund, Bootstrap Europe, which provides growth debt to scale up businesses. They explain that venture debt is not loss funding but rather a form of growth funding that allows entrepreneurs to grow their businesses without diluting equity. They also highlight their ability to acquire SVB's German debt portfolio, despite being considered underdogs in the industry.

🕒 Time stamps –
02:00 Long-lasting friendship turned successful business partnership.
10:24. Complementary skills lead to success.
12:19 Venture debt is growth funding.
16:07 Venture debt is a risky option.
23:20. Venture lending is a long-term partnership.
28:06 Opportunity seized through strategic expertise.
31:43 Agile, innovative, entrepreneurial success.
37:06 Venture debt market growing in Europe.

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