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kelnos 89 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidi...

I think it'd be pretty rare for a bank to accept equity in a series A startup as collateral for a loan.

andrewmutz 89 days ago [–]

And even if it did, it wouldn't really derisk much for the founder, which was the original purpose of taking money off the table.

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