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# Track record

Track record refers to the documented history of how your company has done business in the past. The information is reflected in the company's past financial statements. It can also refer to your personal financial history (income received, loans applied for and repayments made).

- [Understanding business funding](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Challenges to accessing finance](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#challenges-to-accessing-finance)
    - [Different funding needs](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#different-funding-needs)
    - [Different types of funders](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#different-types-of-funders)
    - [Different types of funding products](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#different-types-of-funding-products)
    - [Credit scores and reports](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#credit-scores-and-reports)
    - [Learn more](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/understanding-business-funding?hsLang=en#learn-more)
- [Funding options for startups](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#main-content)

    - [Angel investors](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#angel-investors)
    - [Credit cards](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#credit-cards)
    - [Crowdfunding](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#crowdfunding)
    - [Family and friends](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#family-and-friends)
    - [Government funding](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#government-funding)
    - [Home loan](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#home-loan)
    - [Incubators and enterprise development programmes](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#incubators-and-enterprise-development-programmes)
    - [Overdrafts](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#overdrafts)
    - [Social enterprise funding/impact investing](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#social-enterprise-funding-impact-investing)
    - [Venture capitalists](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-options-for-startups?hsLang=en#venture-capitalists)
- [Funding Glossary](https://knowledge.fundsmart.co.za/funding-glossary?hsLang=en)

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