Background

This talented, Black female designer's business sells luxury fashion online.

Previously, the only funding they could source themselves was revenue-based financing with an interest rate of 30% that resulted in them paying 20% of their daily revenues to the lender.

Funding request

They were keen to get funding for marketing and advertising spend ahead of big events like the Cannes Lions festival.

In business since 2017, but still negative balance sheet overall (£-130k).

Annual turnover £1.7 million.

EBITDA £170k.

How we helped them RISE

Being an online shop with a negative balance sheet made them unattractive to many lenders.

From our database of hundreds of lenders, we found lenders that would overlook the negative balance sheet if other criteria were met.

Alongside presenting strong growth and a sound business plan, the owner was happy to provide a personal guarantee.

This opened up several options and the final funding was a term loan of £100k from Lending Crowd at 9% over five years.

This much more affordable arrangement allowed the retailer to boost their marketing spend at a critical time of year and attract more website traffic and sales.

Continued support

This wasn't the only time we supported this business, they also chose Risecap when they needed more cash to support bigger and more varied stock orders. Read more >

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