Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sunday Double-header! First, in VC Sunday School, Jason explains non-dilutive funding's impact on startups (2:18). Then, Molly interviews Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora. His company helps farmers analyze their soil and create a roadmap improve it via a holistic approach known as regenerative agriculture (21:33).

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee-up the show
(02:18) VCSS: Discussing non-dilutive funding
(12:37) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage
(13:53) More on venture debt and factoring
(18:33) Jason and Molly Introduce the Climate Guest
(20:17) Cyvatar - Get your first 2 months free at https://cyvatar.ai/twist
(21:33) TWiCS w/ Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag
(30:20) Thorne - Personalized, scientific wellness. Go to https://Thorne.com/u/TWIST
(31:23) Mitchell Hora on the importance of healthy, balanced soil

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. We've got another amazing Sunday edition of this week in
0:05.3	climate startups for you today. But first, first, as it's Sunday, we're going to VC Sunday school.
0:11.6	Today, I am asking Jason about non-delutive funding options, all the different ways that there
0:16.9	are actually for startups to get money that don't involve issuing shares. And which of those ways
0:22.4	to get money might be a red flag. Yeah, and this is for people who are capital allocators,
0:26.9	board members, and especially for founders. This is a crossover topic that impacts everybody.
0:31.8	And when you say non-delutive funding, that's going to be in a lot of different categories,
0:36.0	including venture debt, most commonly, but also grants, maybe selling your ARR with some of
0:41.5	the factoring type companies, as well as kickstarting an Indiegogo and pre-selling your product.
0:48.7	So it's a very complex topic and we're going to double-click and triple-click on all of the nuances.
0:54.0	Oh my god, I love this show. And then, I talked to Mitchell Hora, the founder and CEO of
1:00.0	Continuum Ag, which helps farmers and agriculture companies quantify and improve their soil health,
1:05.3	which is huge for feeding the planet and saving it tiny bit too. All right, it is going to be
1:13.7	a great show. Stick with us! Yes, why wouldn't you? So good!
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2:00.4	And Thorn. Thorn empowers people to take control of their long-term well-being with a proactive
2:05.2	science-based approach to help. There are a variety of at-home tests. Thorn teaches you about what
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