Building an enterprise app for the SHOPLINE ecosystem. How do pre-revenue developers land launch capital ($35k) with low personal credit? [I will not promote.]
Hey folks,
My CTO and I are almost finished building a high-ticket B2B SaaS that integrates directly into e-commerce ecosystems to prevent backend/manufacturing loss. We have a signed corporate partnership agreement with SHOPLINE to get featured to their target merchant cohorts upon completion.
Because our pricing model targets larger operations ($4.4k/mo to $12.5k/mo tiers), we only need 1 or 2 conversions during our 14-day free trials to completely stabilize our runway and pay off any launch debts.
I need $35k to get us across the finish line. Because my credit is at 600 from bootstrapping, standard unsecured business lines are a no-go, and since we are pre-revenue, standard SaaS marketplaces won't trade the contract.
Are there specific e-commerce ecosystem lenders or niche grant programs that look heavily at the platform partnership rather than the founder's FICO? Would love to hear from any app developers who bridged this specific pre-launch cash gap. Thanks guys..