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"Bridge round"

A "bridge round" is a small, short-term fundraise intended to give a startup enough runway to reach its next major funding milestone.

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How "Bridge round" shows up at work

The name implies temporary, like a bridge over a river. Sometimes it is. Other times the bridge round leads to another bridge round and investors start quietly updating their mental models of the exit timeline. The definition in this file notes it is sometimes a bridge and sometimes a plank.

Buzzword

We closed a bridge round last month to extend runway through the Series B process.

Plain English

We raised short-term funding to reach the next round last month to extend runway through the Series B process.

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