Melissa Widner

Melissa Widner

CEO - lighter capital
Melissa Widner is the CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech startups, founders, and companies. Seattle-based Lighter Capital is backed by National Australia Bank and Silicon Valley Bank as well as US VCs. Previously, Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank, and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures. She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP). She was also the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply. Under her leadership, both companies generated over a 10X return to investors. She is the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney-based Heads Over Heels, an organization that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential.

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How you could get traction for your company to #getnoticed without taking dilution; With Melissa Widner of Lighter Capital

Money is king when you're planning to start or grow your business, but acquiring funds, or paying venture capital funds, can be very onerous to entrepreneurs which makes some fail and exit the business. In this episode, Melissa Widner , CEO of Lighter Capital , explains how their non-diluted a...

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