Customer financing works best for robot startups: credit risk shifts to bigger customers
antavedissian · x · 2026-09-12
Of the three non-equity financing options, customer financing does the most: the startup gets cash on delivery to buy its next batch of parts, and credit risk moves to the customer, who is often a much bigger company.
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