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Angel funding is used to provide a startup business with equity investment to fund growth. The angel investor is seeking higher returns for the risks involved and tries to limit the initial valuation placed on the business in order to maximize their equity percentage.
A business needs to finance its working capital requirements using a combination of short term and long term funding sources. Permanent working capital is best financed with long term funding such a equity or long term loans, whereas temporary seasonal working capital is best funded by short term loans or overdraft facilities.
Debt financing is one method of funding a business. The cost of debt financing is the interest and fees paid on the debt which are usually allowable for tax purposes. For this reason, the aftertax cost of debt financing is normally cheaper than the cost of equity financing.
The sustainable growth rate calculator formula can be used to calculate whether a business can finance its planned growth from internal sources of finance such as retained earnings, or whether it has to seek additional external finance by issuing new equity or amending its financial leverage.
