lighter capital

INvested Series: Melissa is the CEO of Lighter Capital, the leader in revenue-based financing for SAAS companies. As founder/CEO, Melissa sold two companies generating 10X+ returns to investors. She’s been an angel investor and VC in the US and Australia. She’s the chair of HeadsOverHeels, an organization supporting women entrepreneurs.

TOPICS DISCUSSED

• Venture capital strategies & revenue-based financing options
• Extending your runway with flexible non-dilutive growth capital
• Leadership for challenging markets
• Where to find the “dry powder” (available cash in the market)

Visit https://www.highgrowthventures.com.au/invested to download the white paper and for more insights and resources designed specifically for startups and scale-ups.

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Show Credits 👇

Editor & Producer - John Balderston

Host & Producer - Marc Champagne

Associate Producer - Amanda Price

Associate Producer - Kylie Little

Associate Producer - Kelly Teng

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Producer & Editor - John Balderston

Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud

Dexter Cousins is joined by Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue based financing for tech start ups and scale ups.  Seattle based Lighter Capital is backed by NAB and Silicon Valley Bank as well as US based VCs.   

Previously Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures.  

She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP).  She was also the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply.  Under her leadership, both companies generated over a 10X return to investors.  

Melissa is also the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney based Heads Over Heels, an organisation that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential. 

Melissa served as a lecturer at the University of Washington's Graduate School of Business where she taught courses on venture capital and entrepreneurship. She was previously on the board of the AIC (AVCAL) and has served on the boards of several venture backed technology companies in both the US and Australia. 

For more info go to https://www.lightercapital.com/

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