Venture lending is one of the most valuable financial tools available to emerging technology companies. In today's economy, start-ups are expected to achieve positive liquidity with less equity funding. This means that savvy entrepreneurs must have a financial strategy that extends their business runway and provides the financial staying power to make it to the finish line. This is the reason that top venture-backed companies turn to Lighthouse Capital Partners.

Delivering flexible, entrepreneurial financing
Lighthouse has been a major force in the venture lending marketplace for over a decade. Our founders, experienced financial investors, started the firm because they were frustrated by the fact that promising start-ups often struggled or failed because of the constraints of equity and bank financing. They believed that companies that have proven their business case to top venture capital firms should be able to use debt responsibly to leverage their equity and to extend the operating runway. Lighthouse was launched to provide this flexible, entrepreneurial financing to worthy start-ups.

Lighthouse has built a consistent track record of investing in companies that have become market leaders. We have an extensive business and venture capital network that we use on behalf of our portfolio companies. And our well-capitalized partnership and loyal base of limited partners provide the financial resources to fund substantial investments. Because we are a private partnership, we can structure more flexible, less restrictive financing solutions than regulated lending institutions, like banks. This flexibility is essential to support the changing requirements of emerging companies. Our independence gives our portfolio companies the greater financial independence they need to achieve their business visions.

Achieving success together
Lighthouse is passionate about the success of our portfolio companies, and that passion is reflected in the results we achieve together. We are known for the close working relationships we build with the management and the Boards of Directors of our companies, and the depth of our commitment to helping them reach their business milestones, from launch to liquidity.

Our approach to venture lending has enabled some of the best and brightest start-ups to make it to the top. Perhaps the best testament to the strength of our financial strategies is the strength of our portfolio, including: Catena Networks, Foundry Networks, Netflix, nVidia, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Portal Software, Redback Networks, Rhapsody and Sirocco Systems.

A committed, experienced team
Lighthouse is still managed by the original founders, along with a formidable team of former high-tech operations and finance executives. The continuity and depth of our management team is one of our key strengths. Entrepreneurs like the fact that they are working with the same people throughout the lifecycle of their organization's growth – and in the case of many of our serial entrepreneurs, throughout the lifecycles of multiple start-up ventures.