Equipment leasing, a type of financing companies can use to acquire new equipment, involves a series of steps, from picking the instrument you want to getting a manufacturer quote to finalizing a leas…

Whether it’s a single bench in an incubator or a dedicated facility, life sciences companies often pay a lot of money to buy or lease lab space. A lab bench can cost thousands of dollars per month to …

Equipment financing can be an excellent option for business owners who need expensive equipment to improve or expand their operations. For scientists, this means getting specialized or updated equipme…

Science and technology feed off one another. As scientific techniques are tweaked and improved, new technology is introduced to reflect those advances, resulting in a variety of new equipment types. W…

Leasing can often seem like a different language. When working with a leasing company, equipment distributor, or manufacturer, you may encounter terminology (terms, concepts, acronyms, and phrases tha…

The status quo of equipment procurement in the life sciences has generally been: buy what you need for the lab with cash or a loan. However, depending on the size, scale, and financial strategy of you…

According to the Equipment Leasing and Financing Association (ELFA), almost 8 out of 10 companies in the United States rely on some form of financing to acquire equipment, including equipment loans, l…

What Is a Sale-Leaseback? A sale-leaseback (SLB), also known as a sale-leaseback transaction, sale-and-leaseback, or leaseback, is well-known for being an effective financial tool used in commercial r…

Equipment leasing isn’t widely practiced in biotechnology and the life sciences. In fact, this type of financing has historically been overlooked by scientists and entrepreneurs in the sector. In the …

Extending Your Cash Runway in a Downturn Is Essential Cash runway is the number of months you have until your company runs out of cash. More technically, it refers to the amount of time a company has …