Who?

I’m Kevin Holub, a 25 year old associate at a firm in a niche area of of the venture community you’ve probably never heard of – venture debt (don’t worry, we’ll get to the what later).  I graduated from Northeastern with a degree in International Business, focusing on finance and entrepreneurship. I am heading to Harvard Business School in the fall for my MBA.  I am also blond haired, blue eyed and enjoy long walks on the beach…

What?

As I said, I work in niche corner of the venture capital landscape – venture debt.  From 10,000 feet, venture capital is the way most leading private companies raise money.  Companies seek large sums of money in exchange for a portion of their equity.  Venture debt provides large sums of capital as well, but rather than take a stake in the company, venture debt providers issue a loan to the business .  But let’s not get too deep into this yet, otherwise there is no need for the blog.

Why?

Because I’m bored. Because no one knows that venture debt is.  And even worse, many companies raising capital have no clue how any of it works.  I’ll touch on all aspects, both high level and detailed, of the venture debt market.  I’ll try my best to explain things clearly, and provide a layman explanation of the various topics along with links where I think they are helpful.  I look forward to your input, and will do my best to respond to you question/inquiries.