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Angel Investing Tips For Startups
By Martin at October 28, 2013 | 11:55 am | 0 Comment
Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham of Y-Combinator fame, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money. A while back, I outlined “The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your more...
10 Easy Ways To Get Funding For Your Startup Company
By Martin at October 1, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have been working 20 hours a day, and spent your last dollar, but have no results to show, investors will be sympathetic, but will probably tell you that your dream doesn’t have wheels. Traction means forward progress. I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their more...
Why Your Startup Got Rejected For Funding By VCs?
By Martin at July 3, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Certainly a non-viable business should be not fundable, but many viable businesses are also not fundable. Thus when an investor declines your funding request, you need to curb your anger and understand the real reason for this outcome. In my experience, here are the most common issues that cause more...
Super Angel Is New Alternative For Venture Capitals
By Martin at June 27, 2013 | 10:20 am | 0 Comment
It is no secret that the world of venture capital (VCs) was turned upside down by the recent Recession, and many other changes in the marketplace. I see now emerging a new wave of investors, popularly known as “super-Angels,” micro-VCs, or “super-seed” investors. Every early-stage startup should explore this new funding alternative. Examples of some leaders in more...
What Type Of Startup Get Funded By Venture Capitalists?
By Martin at April 25, 2013 | 8:27 am | 0 Comment
I’m a strong believer that investors invest in people, before they invest in a business plan, or an idea. But I continue to learn that there are a host of other factors, maybe not even related to you or your business, that could keep you from getting the funding that you need. You may not have control over many of these, but it helps to know, for planning purposes, what more...
Ten Creative Ways To Fund Your Startup Company
By Martin at March 7, 2013 | 8:41 am | 0 Comment
Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Most entrepreneurs think first of bank loans as the primary source of money, only to find out that banks are really the least likely benefactors for startups. Thus “creative” really means maximizing non-bank more...
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5 Quick Help Tips For Entrepreneurs To Raise Funding
By Martin at November 26, 2012 | 8:38 am | 0 Comment
Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a support team around them. Needless to say, they usually get shot down, more...
Seven Ways To Raise Funds For Your Startups
By ajay at October 2, 2012 | 11:01 am | 0 Comment
Seven Ways To Raise Funds For Your Startups 1. Fundable Fundable makes the process of reaching out and raising capital far more effective. Startups can now present their ideas in a clear, public manner and solicit funding from any source for any amount. 2. CircleUp CircleUp would help you to find and invest in retail start-ups. And would also help more...
Simple Tips To Raise Funding From Angel Investors
By Martin at September 22, 2012 | 9:07 am | 0 Comment
Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money. A while back, I outlined “The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business” for startups, more...
Working on a Sports Projects? Need Funding?Then Try Sportfunder
By VisionwizTeam at September 8, 2012 | 11:24 am | 0 Comment
Working on a sports projects? Need funding? Then try Sportfunder. What Is Sportfunder? Sportfunder is an international crowdfunding platform that aims to raise funds for sports related projects. The sole purpose of the website is to help sportspeople and sporting organisations raise funds and sponsorship via 'the crowd' so that they may reach their true more...
Get Reward For Funding Local Businesses in Your Neighborhood Via Smallknot
By ajay at August 9, 2012 | 10:39 am | 0 Comment
Get Reward For Funding Local Businesses in Your Neighborhood Via Smallknot Smallknot is a way for you to fund independent businesses in your neighborhood looking to expand, grow or open up shop. Smallknot is not a way to prop up failing businesses. All the businesses that list with them are thriving, successful and growing. They’re on Smallknot because all more...
Best Way To Invest Funds In Startups
By VisionwizTeam at July 30, 2012 | 10:59 am | 0 Comment
Best Way To Invest Funds In Startups Via FundersClub FundersClub: FundersClub is a new platform that aims to provide investors unprecedented access to investment opportunities and the tools to review and invest online with ease and speed. In Company's Own Words: FundersClub is able to pool checks from many investors to make aggregated investments on behalf more...
Win Upto $4million in Funding from Zayed Future Energy for Your Innovative Renewable Energy Startup
By VisionwizTeam at July 10, 2012 | 8:44 am | 0 Comment
Win Upto $4million in Funding from Zayed Future Energgy For Your Innovative Renewable Energy Startup The Zayed Future Energy Prize, with a total prize fund of US $4 million, recognises the most innovative renewable energy and sustainability projects and gives organisations the chance to further invest in them. Zayed Future Energy Prize: The Zayed Future more...
How To: Get a Bank Loan to Fund Your Startup?
By Martin at April 14, 2012 | 8:50 am | 0 Comment
A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t make bank loans to startups. The failure rate is just too high, and startups typically don’t have the assets or revenue stream to back up the loan. That’s why Angel investors are so sought after by more...
When To Approach VCs Or Angel Investors For Your Startup Funding?
By Martin at February 6, 2012 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
If you are looking for an outside investor, you need to know how they see you. Different types of investors look for startups at different levels of maturity. If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, fishing for money is a waste of time for both of you. For instance, if your company is only a few weeks old and you have zero customers more...
The Other 99% Of Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at January 31, 2012 | 8:31 am | 0 Comment
The Other 99% Of Entrepreneurs In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1% that is “fundable.” The media, when pitched a startup story, is interested in more...
Venture Investment in Europe Fell 14% in 2011
By VisionwizTeam at January 30, 2012 | 5:10 pm | 0 Comment
Venture capitalists put €4.4 billion into 1,012 deals for European companies in 2011, a 14% decline in investment and 19% decline in deal flow from 2010, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. This is lowest annual deal count for Europe since VentureSource began tracking the region in 2000. The fourth quarter was the weakest of the year in terms of more...
Good News!U.S. Venture Investment Rose 10% in 2011
By VisionwizTeam at January 20, 2012 | 6:20 pm | 0 Comment
Venture capital investment slowed in the fourth quarter of 2011 as investors put $7.4 billion into 803 deals for U.S.-based venture companies, a decline in both capital invested and deal activity from the third quarter, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. The decline, which mirrors a fourth-quarter drop in exit activity, is notable because the final quarter of the more...
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U.S. Private Equity Fund-Raising Regained Steam
By VisionwizTeam at January 11, 2012 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
U.S. private equity fund-raising regained steam after a slow third quarter, bringing the 2011 total to $122.4 billion raised for 404 funds, according to Dow Jones LP Source. This represents a slight drop in the number of funds that held closings but a 22% increase in capital from 2010, when 409 funds raised $100.5 billion. During the fourth quarter of 2011, more...
Venture-Backed Exit Activity Drops in 2011
By VisionwizTeam at January 3, 2012 | 5:57 pm | 0 Comment
In 2011, fewer exits by U.S. venture-backed companies netted more capital as the median price paid for an acquisition and the median amount raised during an initial public offering (IPO) spiked. Throughout 2011, 522 mergers, acquisitions, buyouts and IPOs netted $53.2 billion, a 14% drop in deal activity and 26% increase in capital raised compared to more...
