The Fast, No-Fee Alternative to Lighter Capital

Lighter capital charges big fees and takes months to do diligence. Founderpath offers:

No Fees

Under 48 hours to wire

No monthly reporting

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The Fast, No-Fee Alternative to Lighter Capital

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Lighter Capital Reviews

Pablo Laurino

Founder of Publica

Switched to Founderpath from Lighter Capital

Lighter Capital makes it hard and time consuming for founders to check and pay monthly settlements, they lack an easy-to-use UI , the process of getting an offer involves multiple docs, background checks and meetings while with Founderpath the process is seamless, easy and even fun with easy monthly repayment and no hidden fees or complex agreements.

Why choose Founderpath over Lighter Capital? 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 Lighter Capital alternative.	Lighter Capital	Founderpath
Money wired under 24 hours	Diligence takes 3+ months
Fee	Revolving Facility Fee	No Fees
Fee	Term Loan Facility Fee	No Fees
Fee	RBF Loan Facility Fee	No Fees
Fee	$20k closing costs and legal fees (Pay All Lender Expenses Through Close)	No Fees
Payoff early without fees or penalties
Monthly Reporting Required?	Takes 10 hours (email pdf's and excel files)	Automated through platform
8% discount rate (24 month term)	Very expensive repayment caps
Easy to forecast, fixed monthly payments?	Changes based off your revenue
SaaS Founder Slack Group (Invite-Only, 1,987 founders)
Annual SaaS Bootstrapper Conference
SaaS Valuation Calculator
Free CAC calculator
Free cash flow/profit and loss reporting tool
Free Lifetime value calculator
Free Churn calculator
SaaS Company HQ	US Only	Worldwide

Integrate with your favorite SaaS tools instantly

Founderpath is the Fastest Growing Lighter Capital Alternative

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Turn your MRR into upfront cash. Invest in new growth ideas. Pay back over 12-36 months. Keep all your equity.

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Reporting

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

3,124

Offers made

$504m

Revenue on platform

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.