Abstract: A method for raising capital comprises the steps of generating between a first company and a second company a first agreement granting the first company an option to obligate the second company to sell a predetermined volume of equity in the first company according to a predefined price structure, during a predefined time period and generating a second agreement between the first company and a third company, wherein, under the second agreement the third company is obligated to remedy a predefined failure of the second company to fulfill its obligations under the first agreement.