Private Equity Funding for Small Business
If you're looking into private equity funding for your small business, it's worth understanding what you'd actually be trading. Private equity means selling an ownership stake in your company in exchange for capital, you give up equity, and often some control, in return for money you don't repay. For many small business owners, that's a steep price for a need that debt financing can solve without diluting ownership. Quordx Capital focuses on debt financing: one free application matched to 3-7 best-fit lenders from a 50+ network, so you keep 100% of your business.
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Private Equity vs. Debt Financing, The Real Tradeoff
Private equity is right for a narrow set of situations: high-growth companies needing large capital injections, willing to swap equity and accept investor oversight. The capital is substantial and you don't make monthly payments, but you've permanently sold a piece of your company, and the investor expects a large return on exit.
Debt financing keeps you in full control. You borrow, you repay with interest, and once it's paid off the obligation is gone, along with no claim on your future profits or your ownership. For most established small businesses with steady revenue, that's the better math.
Put numbers to it. Sell 20% of a business for $200,000 and that investor owns a fifth of every dollar you ever distribute and a fifth of the sale price when you exit, potentially worth many times the original check. Borrow the same $200,000 on a term loan at, say, 14% and you'll repay roughly $40,000-$50,000 in interest over a few years, then owe nothing. Equity is the most expensive money you can raise when the business succeeds, which is precisely when it stings most.
Which Funding Options Preserve Your Ownership?
Term Loan: Fixed lump sum, $10K, $500K+, no equity given up; rates depend on credit, revenue, time in business and collateral, so compare APR and total cost in writing. Best for: defined growth investments.
Venture Debt: Debt structured for growth-stage companies, often alongside equity. Best for: scaling firms wanting capital without heavy dilution.
Line of Credit: Revolving capital drawn as needed; rates depend on credit, revenue, time in business and collateral, so compare APR and total cost in writing. Best for: funding growth flexibly while keeping ownership.
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Cody Dreis
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Quordx Capital is a business funding broker, not a lender. Lenders make every credit decision and set the rate, fees and terms, and not every business qualifies. Quordx may be paid by a lender when a deal funds. Full disclosures