Over £1B arranged for small businesses

Non-Dilutive Growth Funding for Tech

Scale your SaaS or IT services business without diluting equity. Revenue-based finance and working capital built for recurring-revenue models.

  • Soft search only — no impact on your credit score
  • Money in your account in about 24 hours
  • Compare lenders with one application
still unsure? it's free to look.
2,400+ businesses fundedNo upfront fees • Free quote in minutes
£120,000 approved
Funded in 24 hours. Applied Tuesday, 9:02 AM.
Wire received — Wed 9:14 AM · Barclays Business ••6721
★★★★★

Two banks told me to come back next year. These guys had the money in my account by Thursday.

Tony M. — garage, Leeds
★★★★★

Nobody ran a hard search, nobody played games. The offer they showed me is the offer I got.

Lisa C. — salon owner, Manchester
★★★★★

Bought a second van right before our busy season. It paid for itself in two months.

Hector R. — landscaping, Glasgow
Start with a number

How much would actually help?

1 · Funding
2 · Business
3 · You
I need about
£250,000
£10K£5M
Owners asking for £250,000 typically see 4–6 offers — soft check only.
Why owners pick us

We build around your business.

£0

No collateral required

We fund the business on its revenue — not your possessions.

Flex

Pay when you can

Repayment follows your actual sales — strong months pay more, slow months ease up.

24h

Funded fast

Most owners see offers the same day and money within ~24 hours of signing.

Overview

SaaS & IT Services Funding

SaaS and IT services companies face a growth paradox: scaling requires significant upfront investment in engineering talent, infrastructure, and customer acquisition, but the revenue from each new customer arrives incrementally over months or years as recurring subscriptions. This mismatch between investment timing and revenue realisation forces founders into a difficult choice between slow, bootstrapped growth and dilutive equity financing from VCs.

Granton Hale Capital offers a third path: non-dilutive funding structured around recurring revenue. We underwrite based on your MRR/ARR, retention metrics, customer lifetime value, and revenue growth rate — the metrics that actually define a healthy SaaS business. We don't require profitability, and we don't take equity or board seats. Our capital is designed to be a growth accelerant, not a governance mechanism.

Our tech clients use funding to hire engineering and sales teams, invest in cloud infrastructure, fund marketing campaigns to reduce CAC, and bridge to the next ARR milestone. We structure repayment as a percentage of monthly revenue so your obligations scale with your business, not against it — available to most active UK limited companies, with no personal guarantee on most deals.

Challenges

The funding gaps we close.

01

High Customer Acquisition Costs

SaaS CAC often equals 12–18 months of subscription revenue. You're essentially financing each customer upfront and recovering the investment over the contract lifetime — a model that requires capital to scale.

02

Engineering Talent Competition

Competitive salaries for senior developers range from £70K–£140K+. Building a product team of 5–10 engineers can require £700K+ annually in compensation alone, well before the product generates proportional revenue.

03

Infrastructure Scaling Costs

Cloud hosting (AWS, GCP, Azure), database costs, CDN, and DevOps tooling increase with customer count. Enterprise contracts may require SOC 2 compliance, dedicated environments, and 99.9% uptime — all of which cost money.

04

Equity Dilution Pressure

Traditional VC funding provides growth capital but at the cost of 15–30% equity per round, board seats, and liquidation preferences that can leave founders with minimal ownership after multiple rounds.

Solutions

Funding built for your work.

Revenue-Based Finance

Repay as a fixed percentage of monthly recurring revenue. Payments scale with your growth — no fixed monthly minimums that create cash-flow pressure during slower months.

Working Capital

Fund hiring, marketing, and operational expenses with short-term capital while building toward your next revenue milestone.

Term Loans

Structured financing for specific growth initiatives — major product launches, enterprise sales build-out, or market expansion — with predictable repayment schedules.

Lines of Credit

Flexible access to capital for managing variable expenses like contractor costs, conference sponsorships, and marketing experiments.

The process

Your funding in three steps

1

Apply online

  • 60-second form, plain questions
  • Soft search only — no score impact
  • Bank-level encryption
2

Compare real offers

  • Every option, side by side
  • Same-day decisions
  • Free to look — no obligation
3

Get funded

  • Funded within ~24 hours
  • No hidden fees, ever
  • Built around your needs
Use cases

What owners do with it.

Hire Engineering and Sales Teams

Fund competitive offers for senior developers, product managers, and enterprise sales reps to accelerate product development and revenue growth.

Scale Customer Acquisition

Invest in paid acquisition, content marketing, and outbound sales programmes to grow MRR without waiting for organic traffic to compound.

Bridge to Your Next ARR Milestone

Access capital to reach the £1M, £5M, or £10M ARR threshold that unlocks a better valuation for your next equity round — or removes the need for one entirely.

Invest in Infrastructure and Compliance

Fund SOC 2 certification, UK GDPR compliance, enterprise-grade hosting, and security infrastructure needed to close larger enterprise contracts.

Case studies

Owners just like you — funded.

Real businesses, real outcomes. Names and details changed for privacy — the numbers are typical of funded files.

FAQ

Fair questions, straight answers.

01Do you take equity or require board seats?+

No. Our funding is entirely non-dilutive. We don't take equity, warrants, board seats, or information rights. You maintain full ownership and control of your company. Our return comes from fixed repayment terms, not ownership.

02Can I get funded if my SaaS company isn't profitable yet?+

Yes. We don't require profitability. We underwrite based on MRR, revenue growth rate, net revenue retention, and customer quality. Many of our SaaS clients are pre-profit but growing revenue at 50–100%+ year-on-year with strong retention metrics. Checking your options is a soft search with no impact on your credit score.

03How is revenue-based finance different from a traditional loan?+

Instead of fixed monthly payments, you repay a small percentage of your monthly revenue. If MRR grows, you repay faster. If you have a slow month, payments decrease proportionally. There are no covenants, no board observer rights, and no equity conversion provisions.

04Can I use this alongside existing VC funding?+

Absolutely. Many of our clients use our capital alongside venture funding to extend runway, reduce dilution, or fund specific initiatives (like hiring a sales team) without using equity capital for operational expenses. We coordinate with your existing investors to ensure alignment.

Built for British small business

See your numbers first. Then decide.

  • Pre-qualify in 60 seconds
  • No obligation, no pressure calls
  • Real people behind every file — 100% online
30 seconds — and it's free to look.