The "No Fee", SaaS focused alternative to ClearCo

ClearCo focuses on e-commerce brands and requires fast (6 months) payback. Founderpath offers:

YesBuilt for SaaS
Yes24 month payback
YesSaaS Valuation Calculator
YesNo fees or Penalties
The "No Fee", SaaS focused alternative to ClearCo

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ClearCo Reviews

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Chris Taylor

Canada

Switched to Founderpath from Clearco for SaaS Specific Tools

I’d spent 12 years looking for a fair, transparent and easy to use debt funding option for my SaaS prior to finding Founderpath. Since testing them out almost a year ago, they’ve become not only our key financing option, but a trusted partner in medium term planning as well.The team is top notch, the terms are fair and transparent and the focus they put on bootstrapped SaaS founders is unwavering.Finally, I feel like I have a financier in my corner.

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Why choose Founderpath over ClearCo?

Use SaaS Financing Software that scales with you. See why SaaS founders are taking money from Founderpath and using our valuation and reporting tools to make it the #1 ClearCo alternative.

ClearCo
Founderpath
Payback over 24 months
No6 or 12 months only
Yes
Offer 8% discount rate on 24 month term?
No
Yes
Money wired under 24 hours
No
Yes
Payoff early without fees or penalties
Noecommerce focused
Yes
Fees?
Pay their legal
No Fees
Fee
$10k "Deposit Fee"
No Fees
Easy to forecast, fixed monthly payments?
Nochanges based off your revenue
Yes
SaaS Valuation Calculator
No
Yes
Free CAC calculator
No
Yes
Free cash flow/profit and loss reporting tool
No
Yes
Free Lifetime value calculator
No
Yes
Free Churn calculator
No
Yes
SaaS Company HQ
Canada, US
Worldwide

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How it works

Founderpath is the Fastest Growing ClearCo Alternative

Founders Will Take $250m This Year. So far:

3,124

Offers made

...

$504m

Revenue on platform

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Troy Noll

United States

No strings attached non-dilutive debt

We recently worked with Founderpath to draw down a loan with zero dilution. Nathan and the team at Founderpath where easy to work with and the process was extremely straightforward and we received the funds very quickly once agreed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Founderpath launched in 2021 by investing non-dilutive capital in B2B SaaS companies. Today, Founderpath funds a variety of business models including SaaS, ecommerce, and agency's. Connect your billing, bank, and accounting tools, and within 24 hours you can unlock capital based on your business performance.

Founderpath works with founders running B2B SaaS companies with at least $500k in last year revenue, healthy retention, and recurring subscription contracts. Founderpath also funds ecommerce brands with at least $500k of last year sales and agencies who do more than $1m per year in revenue.

With Founderpath you keep 100% of your equity — no board seats, no dilution, and no long fundraising cycles. Unlike banks, we move fast, don't require personal guarantees, and understand recurring revenue models.

We offer Revenue Financing, Term Loans, and Merchant Cash Advances. All are non-dilutive (we get no equity) and are designed specifically to help founders and business owners keep equity and keep control of their business.

Most founders see funds in their account within 24–48 hours after connecting their data.

No. Founderpath is 100% non-dilutive. You never give up equity, control, or board seats.

Founderpath's revenue financing product offers discount rates on future revenues as low as 7%. Founderpath's term loan product offers interest rates as low as 15%. Founderpath's Merchant Cash Advances offers repayment rates as low as 5% of your monthly revenue. All funding offers are contingent on underwriting.

We look at key SaaS metrics like ARR, churn, gross margins, and retention. The stronger your metrics, the more capital you can unlock at better rates. For ecommerce brands, we look at margins, unit economics around customer acquisition, and your ability to scale sustainably.

Founderpath has funded $220m to 550 software founders. Founderpath's average deal size is about $600,000. The strongest companies raise $5m+ from Founderpath.

No full personal guarantees and no warrants. Founderpath takes a lien on business assets only.

Founderpath generally works with founders, within reason, if the business declines or hits trouble.

Yes. Founderpath uses bank-level security and encryption. Your data is private, never sold, and only used to underwrite your capital offer. Visit Founderpath's trust center and view security certificates in the footer of founderpath.com

Yes. You can repay early at any time, and generally save on any future fees or interest.

Founderpath has funded 550+ SaaS Founders including Bettercomp, Kissflow, Reply.io, BadgerMaps, DearDoc, Cybersmart, MobileMonkey, and many more. These founders have scaled faster, extended runway, or avoided dilution by keeping full control of their companies.

Yes. We're available in most countries and have already done deals with founders in Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Yes. You can check by clicking on the GDPR logo in the footer and by visiting https://prighter.com/q/18604028289