We understand what it’s like to be in your shoes; we have been lending capital, advocacy, and a steady hand to growing technology companies since 1980. We take pride in helping companies tackle opportunities and challenges in all phases of growth.
Network
Our firm has evaluated thousands of companies across every major tech market around the world. We have deep and long-standing relationships that help us connect key players in the venture ecosystem.
Experience
Given our long tenure in this business, we have likely experienced every scenario your company might face, both good and bad. We pride ourselves on being a patient, stable and dedicated capital partner.
Flexibility
The goal of our capital is to maximize your ability to operate while anticipating the potential challenges that lie ahead. Your capital is yours; we don’t shy away from letting you use it when you need it.
Capital
We are fortunate to have attracted some of the best institutional investors in the world. They share our passion for providing flexible, value-creating debt capital to entrepreneurs around the globe.
“Silicon Valley” is used in print for the first time
1971
January
1975
January
Altair invents first portable computer
WTI Founded by Ron Swenson
1980
December
1989
March
Adobe releases Photoshop
The World Wide Web debuts on the Internet
1991
August
1994
July
First Institutional Fund:
$46.6M
WTI invests in Cerent
1995
January
1995
August
Advent of Windows95
Fund II:
$110M
1997
September
1997
October
WTI invests in Juniper
Sergey Brin and Larry Page start Google
1998
September
1999
October
WTI invests in Google
Fund III:
$360M
2000
May
2003
February
WTI invests in Bloomenergy
Mark Zuckerberg launches “The Facebook”
2004
February
2004
May
Fund IV:
$250M
WTI invests in Facebook
2005
February
2007
February
Fund V:
$270M
Apple launches the iPhone
2007
May
2008
April
There are 261 public companies in Silicon Valley
Stock market crashes
2008
September
2009
December
WTI invests in Palantir
Facebook has 500M users
2010
July
2010
June
Fund VI:
$294M
WTI invests in StemCent Rx
2010
October
2012
May
Facebook has the biggest high tech IPO in history
Fund VII:
$375M
2012
December
2013
July
WTI invests in Oscar Health
Fund VIII:
$421M
2015
July
2015
December
Equity Fund I:
$75M
AbbVie acquires Stemcentrx for $5.8B
2016
April
Let’s do the math. As you can see, if you can’t use all of your money before your lending partner gets nervous or reacts, the REAL cost of debt capital skyrockets.
Losing access to your own cash means losing control of your financing leverage. This is the hidden cost of cheap debt. While WTI may look more expensive on paper, we don’t use financial covenants or subjective default measures to hedge the real risk of lending 100% usable capital to early stage companies.
Free money? Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is!
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