Debt Financing & Venture Capital: An Unlikely Synergy with Ali Hamed of CoVenture
b'Ali Hamed is a Partner at CoVenture Holding Company LLC. Since his college days he\\u2019s been building an impressive network and unsurprisingly has built an impressive business. \\n\\nWhat\\u2019s unique about CoVenture\\u2019s model is that they\\u2019ve found an interesting synergy between debt financing and venture capital. In addition to making venture investments, Ali and his team provide balance sheet capital to innovative companies that are financing new asset classes. As CoVenture puts it: \\u201cCoVenture partners with founders who are inventing new asset classes, identifying new economies, or who require alternative types of capital to grow -- and backs them with venture capital and/or debt financing.\\u201d\\n\\nIf you\\u2019re interested in the business models of venture capital, debt or general finance I think you\\u2019ll find this conversation to be educational. I certainly did.'