Rethinking Start-up Financing: Smarter Risk-Sharing and Strategic Runway Extension

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 // 10:00 - 10:50 // Pulse stage

Join a dynamic conversation between founders, investors, and scale-up experts as we explore smarter ways to fund growth beyond traditional equity. We’ll discuss innovative, risk-sharing mechanisms - like revenue-based financing, venture debt, and milestone-based funding - and how start-ups and scale-ups can use them to stretch their runway, delay dilution, and time funding rounds strategically. With a focus on the agrifood sector, we’ll also dig into common pitfalls and how to avoid them, such as rushed market entries, mistimed growing cycles, and bloated R&D spending. Whether you're raising your first round or planning your next, this discussion will equip you with actionable insights to make your funding work harder—and smarter.