A new upscale toy store, Trendy Toys, will require total startup costs of $$225,000.$ The owners will

invest $$100,000,$ and an additional $$25,000$ of love money has been promised. Trendy Toys will incur

the remaining $$100,000$ as secured debt. Which of these sources of funding does Trendy Toys NOT

intend to use?

personal funding

family and friends

bank loans

venture capital