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The global productive financing often called venture debt, the market has averaged $8-12 billion annually, driven largely by the US venture capital (VC) activity. However, in 2019, productive financing more than doubled to $26.2 billion, representing 19 per cent of total VC capital invested worldwide.
Jakarta-based VC firm BRI Ventures has said to have been considering augmented interest from startup funders in productive financing as a non-dilutive funding option, whereby entrepreneurs can raise growth capital to lengthen their post-pandemic runways or weather the storm without losing equity.
Thereby, in Southeast Asia, the pandemic saw founders shift focus toward non-dilutive financing options. As a newly minted local productive financing provider, BRI Ventures’ Sembrani Nusantara Fund (Dana Ventura Sembrani Nusantara) seeks to address growing demand.