As the entrepreneur behind Redwood Capital, a family owned business bootstrapped over 20 years ago, Redwood Capital's founder is well acquainted with the challenges facing the early stage company and its entrepreneurs, and is skilled at how to go about addressing those challenges. We offer this expertise to early stage companies in the Bay Area, or those from further away who wish to tap into the Bay Area's resources or develop a Bay Area presence.

Redwood Capital occasionally provides debt financing to early stage companies located in or near the San Franciso Bay Area.

At the time of funding, most of our borrowers have the following qualities:

		They have raised financing from several angels or a venture capital firm.
		They have principals who are heavily invested in the business.
		They have a low burn rate.