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Bridge Round

A smaller, quick raise to give you more runway to reach the next big milestone. A "down round" is a raise at a lower valuation than before.

Example

Raising a ₹3 crore bridge to survive six more months until a stronger Series A.

Related terms

Runway
How many months you can keep operating before you run out of cash, at your current spending rate.
Valuation
How much your company is judged to be worth. 'Pre-money' is the value before new investment; 'post-money' is pre-money plus the money raised.

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