What is a mezzanine financing round for a Startup?

Quora announced a mezzanine financing round from Blackrock TCP capital in the amount of $12.76M in 2019. What is that and how does it compare to Series A, B, C, etc?

Is it concerning when established companies with no IPO plans utilize this route for cash?

Topic Startup and Venture Capital Subtopic Series A, B, C... Tags mezzanine financing funding quora

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Peter Yeargin

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