Costella Kirsch

Costella Kirsch creates custom debt financing for companies that are venture-backed, bootstrapped or backed by angel investors, and has operated in Silicon Valley for more than three decades. It invests across the technology market, including software as a service, hardware, e-commerce and cloud-based businesses, and says this experience gives it a network of management contacts and service providers in the sector. The firm also draws on personal entrepreneurial experience in consumer packaged goods to work with growing companies in food and beverage, beauty, home goods and fashion. Its healthcare-related lending covers diagnostics, medical devices and med-tech platforms, generally for companies that already have revenue and are on a growth path. It also lends to businesses in data analytics, clean technology and tourism. The firm has been operating since 1986 and says it prioritises speed and simplicity in its lending.