Alex with his daughter on the links. He's hitting it long and straight off the course, too.
Need money for your startup, but the VCs aren't buying?
Consider Funding Universe for debt financing. I met Alex Lawrence at a Crowd Pitch event in Santa Monica, one of nearly 100 similar events they host around the country; they're free and often feature a panel of clever pitch judges ;). That's where I met Alex. It was an overflow crowd with a great Santa Monica buzz.
"We're like eHarmony for funding, a matching service," says Alex; no one-size-fits-all packaged deals, a variety of options based on the need.
How's business? He's getting tens of thousands of inquiries a month, so the need is there, but is this the right approach for your startup? And if they're just a matching service, how do they get paid?