Overview of Venture Debt Providers

Providers we know

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Name	Location	Fund Size	Ticket Size	Active since	Contact	Comment
✓ Blackrock	NYC, USA	7.5t (total AUM)	-	1988	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Venture and growth debt financing.
✓ HSBC Innovation Banking	London, UK (+ DE)	-	1-100m	2023 (as HSBC IB)	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Specialist banking and financing for innovation companies.
✓ JPMorgan Chase	New York, USA (+ Europe)	$1.5tn (10Y Security & Resiliency Initiative)	n/a	2025	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Banking, treasury and financing support, including strategically critical industries.
✓ Viola Credit	Herzeliya, IS	725m	15-30m	2008	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Flexible debt financing for technology companies.
✓ Liquidity Group	London, UK	>1b (Mars Growth JV)	5-100m	n/a	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Private credit for growth-stage technology companies.
✓ Orbit Capital	CEE / DACH focus	-	-	-	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Growth equity and debt with a CEE / DACH focus.
✓ re:cap	Berlin, GER	-	Growth: €250k-5m; working capital: €50k-3m	2021	Contact Anna Rösler for an introduction.	Arranges growth and working capital financing through banks, credit funds and alternative lenders. For companies with predictable revenue. More information

Other providers

Name	Location	Fund Size	Ticket Size	Active since	Contact	Comment
BTG	Berlin, GER	> 50m	1-5m	2020	Götz Gleichmann
Acton Capital	Munich, GER	190m (Growth fund)	5-10m	1999		Offer a Venture Debt product
Banco Santander	Madrid, Spain	-	5-50m	n/a	Alfredo Iglesias Colino
Bootstrap Europe	Zurich, CH	-	-	2014	Stephanie Heller (Managing Partner)
Claret Capital Partners	London, UK	-	-	2013
Columbia Lake Partners	London, UK	250m	2-10m	2014	Craig W. Netterfield (Managing Partner), Ed Salmon (Partner & CFO)
Creditshelf	Frankfurt, GER	>62m	0.1m-5m	2020	Florian Weinkauf (Team Lead Scale Up)	Starting at 3,99% coupon p.a.
Davidson Shamir Technology Growth Debt	Berlin, GER	>50m	1-30m	2013	Eran Davidson (Founder & CEO)	Startups must generate EUR 10m ARR to be considered
Deutsche Bank	Frankfurt, GER	-	-	~2020
European Investment Bank	Luxembourg, LU	-	7.5-50m	1958	Francisco Alves da Silva (Venture Debt Investment Officer)
Flashpoint Venture Capital	Budapest, HU	50m	2-5m	2020		Startups must generate EUR 300k MRR to be considered
Global Growth Capital	London, UK	-	>5m	2017	Harsh Patel (Partner)	Focus on FinTech
Harbert Management	Birmingham, US	>215m	3-15m	2018	Ashley McCutchin (Growth Partner)	5 year period, 13-14% coupon p.a.
Hercules Capital	Palo Alto, USA	2.14b (total AUM)	1-200m	2003	Steve Kuo (Managing Director Technology)
Ivo Capital Partners	Paris, France	100m	~1.5m	2019
Kfw Capital	Frankfurt, GER	50m	n/a	n/a
Kreos Capital	London, UK	711m	0.1-100m	1998		Pan-European growth investor with offices in UK, Sweden and Israel
TPG Sixth Street Growth	San Francisco, USA	4b	25-500m	2009	Alexander Katz (Principal)
TriplePoint Capital	Menlo Park, USA	1b	0.01-100m	2006	Myke Tran (Vice President)
Unicredit	Milano, IT	-	-	1869
Varengold Bank	Hamburg, GER	-	-	1995	Lukas Diehl (Head of Marketplace Banking)
Pollen Street Capital	London, UK	-	50-150m (GBP)	n/a		Private credit / asset-based lending focused on financial and business services; lends to specialty lenders and fintech platforms (e.g. facilities for SME/revenue-based lenders). Relevant for lending and fintech business models rather than classic venture debt.
Fasanara Capital	London, UK	>4b (total AUM)	-	2011	Francesco Filia (CEO)	Fintech lending pioneer; funds fintech loan originators and receivables/factoring strategies across 60+ countries (EIF-backed). Relevant for marketplaces and lending models needing receivables/working capital funding; also runs an early-stage fintech VC arm.
ALMA (Almavest)	n/a (global)	-	-	2019		Impact-focused debt provider; finances fintechs, carbon projects and social enterprises, mostly in emerging markets. Small team; niche fit for impact/climate portfolio companies.
Rivonia Road Capital	Santa Monica, USA	>1b invested	~20-100m (USD)	2017		Private credit platform for asset-backed lending to non-bank/specialty finance and fintech companies (e.g. facilities for lending startups). US-focused but invests globally.
BAWAG Group	Vienna, AT	-	-	1922		Austrian retail/corporate bank (DACH + Western Europe); offers lending, factoring and leasing. Not a classic venture debt provider; relevant as a traditional bank option for later-stage or asset-heavy financing.
DLL (De Lage Landen)	Eindhoven, NL (+ Düsseldorf, GER)	>47b (portfolio)	-	1969		Vendor finance and leasing arm of Rabobank, active in 25+ countries with a German branch in Düsseldorf (approx. 500 staff). Not venture debt: DLL finances the customer, not the company. Relevant for hardware and robotics companies selling capex-heavy equipment, where the buyer leases or hire-purchases the asset and the company gets paid on delivery, which shortens sales cycles and avoids pre-financing receivables. Also offers commercial finance and used equipment finance across the asset life cycle. Reported as competitively priced and straightforward to deal with.

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