This story appears in theAugust 2015issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »
"We'll likely need a bridge." That's one of the most dreaded phrases we can hear from the CEOs of companies we invest in.
Bridge financing, put simply, is an IOU backed by the promise of raising more money in the future. When it happens, you'll inevitably witness some VC gallows humor, as one obnoxious person in the room asks, "Is this a bridge or a plank?" It never fails.
