While VC news often dominates the headlines, more often than not, the VC route isn’t the best fit for a business.
So, what do you do if venture capital isn’t the right path for your start-up?
In today’s Making The Grade episode, we’re unpacking the evolving world of start-up funding and why VC might not be the best fit for every founder or business.
To help us do that, we’re joined by Eyal Malinger and Oren Peleg, the co-founders of Resurge Growth Partners – a new kind of investment firm pioneering a model they call venture equity, blending the best of venture capital and private equity to better serve ambitious, capital-efficient founders.
From investor dynamics and growth expectations to exit strategies and go-to-market missteps, we’ll be challenging the traditional narrative and exploring what alternative paths to scale could look like in 2025 and beyond.
Episode Chapters:
01:30 – From PE & Consulting to building a new investment model
03:30 – The gap between VC expectations and real-world business performance
05:10 – Introducing Venture Equity & the huge opportunity it presents
10:30 – Funding beyond VC & the silent deal killers
18:10 – Lazy marketing, broken models & other founder mistakes
21:30 – The metrics that really matter
30:00 – What it takes to be a successful early-stage founder & what’s really at stake
34:15 – Where to start if you want a successful exit in 2025
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