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Revenue-Based Financing in India: A Founder Guide

Efficient Capital Labs Free Intermediate India

The clearest breakdown of how RBF actually prices out for an Indian startup: you repay roughly 1.10 to 1.15x the principal (10-12 percent fee on USD, 12-15 percent on INR) over 6 to 24 months, no warrants, no board seat. It also names the live Indian RBF market (Klub, Velocity, GetVantage, Recur Club, ECL) and is honest that it only works if your revenue is recurring and predictable, which is exactly the line our answer draws.

  • RBF is a flat fee, not compounding interest, and takes no equity, so on a Rs 20 Cr business the cost of RBF capital is a fraction of what selling 20 percent would cost
  • It fits B2B SaaS and subscription revenue cleanly; lumpy D2C and ecommerce revenue makes repayment risky and pricing worse
  • Indian RBF tickets run from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10+ crore, filling the gap where banks want collateral and VCs only show up at later stages
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It answers 2 questions

  1. What is revenue-based financing, and when is it a smarter non-dilutive option than a grant or a round?
  2. What are the alternatives to VC and bootstrapping, like revenue-based financing, grants, or venture debt?

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