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Term sheet condition to use the investors law firm?
Our company has just received a term sheet for a convertible debt investment. One of the clauses states that we have to pay the fees for drafting the agreements (which I understand is normal), but ...
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Angel or VC wants to invest, what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment?
what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment?
I want to be prepared when the time comes and I don't want to figure out in the moment about the negotiation about shares split and how much ...
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How do you decide between looking for investment or early adopters?
My MVP is ready to go (it's been 3 weeks actually). All this time I've been loosing sleep trying to decide if I should start looking for and organizing early adopters, or organizing a business plan ...
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Product in Development what to do next?
My product is in development.
By Feb 5th a beta should be released.
For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ?
I am the nontech founder.
So Far I have ...
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With the rampant invest-in-clone-markets system prominent in India, how does one pitch in for some fresh concept?
Angels and VCs in India seem to be living in a "third world" in terms of their risk appetite and appreciation of a new concept or idea. A major part of funding to startups in India goes to ...
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New business. How *exactly* does one raise VC capital, or any other startup capital?
First off I'm very glad to have found this exchange because a lot of questions will be forthcoming from me.
The skinny: I started a new business a couple months ago, an LLC. My skill set is in the ...
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Seek advices: Raise Money or not?
I've $100,000 from my personal money for a new company. I was thinking about going to Austin, TX, as I've heard Silicon Valley is more to raise money than to actually develop apps. Viewing all the ...
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Once you find a VC/Business Angel or other, how long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money?
Imagine you found a VC or Business Angel or other to invest in your project something around 200,000 USD. How long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money? (A min-max and average ...
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299 views
Looking for Angel/ VC funding for our project
We have a smartphone job engine. The project is already released in beta domain and getting good response. We have not yet prepared Business Project/Proposal document as we were concentrating on ...
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Finding Investors. Who can you trust?
I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and email. ...
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Who are the most reputed Angels/VCs and what type of Businesses each of them Concentrate on
I am looking for funding, thus looking for angels in technology and trading. Is is possible to post sources of funding by area and stage. Also relative merits of each source. Perhaps links and ...
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Do I bring the Business Angel to the VC-Pitch?
Would it be wise to bring our Angel to the VC-pitch?
The Angel would make a good impression. He is definetely better at pitching than everyone in the team.
But what impression would it make, if we ...
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Checklist of things for presenting for Angel Investment
What things should an entrepreneur have noted, ready to present an investment opportunity to an Angel Investor?
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Do angels/venture capitalists expect you to invest your own capital?
I recently talked with some nice retired business people about startups. They gave me some great help but one thing that they said stuck out and I wanted to confirm or deny it.
I was told that the ...
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Will an angel investor be turned off by the founders not wanting to quit their day jobs just yet?
....my co-founder and I are working on a SaaS product and there is a chance we may seek an angel investment. Do you think us wanting to keep our day jobs for 3-6 more months will be a turn-off to ...
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In a seed round, should startups try to raise large amounts venture capital, or stick with angel investors?
There are different opinions on this question among VCs and other authorities in the tech and startup communities. (see: Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld). Should startups try to raise as much ...
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Age of founder > brick wall (in front of?) angel investors/vc's
Legally speaking it isn't a problem that i'm seventeen years old, in my country it is allowed to start a business at 16+. A cantonal judge removed some other boundaries so that I'm now fully ...
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What happens when I issue shares and nobody buys them?
After launching the prototype and getting some pretty exciting customer feedback over the last six weeks, we want to raise a little investment money.
We're talking with several organizations so far. ...
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I have a static prototype, can I get angel investment?
I have a static prototype for a very promising company. The prototype is not dynamic, just made to show how the site works. I need an investment to actually develop the functionality and get some ...
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How long to wait for investing?
I'm the tech guy and doing a lot of technical development for the startup.
How long does one wait around for the business people to get funding from VC's and Angels? is there a ballpark of how long a ...
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Approached by investors from overseas
What types of things do I need to consider if I get approached from a venture fund overseas? I had an early-stage venture fund from Germany contact me looking to learn more about our startup and what ...
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What has been your experience with VC/Angel Investor funding?
Have you taken VC money or angel investor funding for your enterprise? At what stage? What has been your experience so far?
I know Joel advises against it and hasn't used VC money so far, and I ...
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How to earn VC/Angel Investor financial and technical talent support?
More specifically, has any of you managed to convince both financial support, and getting additional technical talent to support the expansion of a startup concept/prototype? If so, where and how did ...
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Does all money invested by VC/Angels go to the company's use or to founder's pocket?
Let's say when a one-founder company owns 100% share. He sells 20% to a VC for $1m. Does this $1m go to the company for its expansion, or founder's pocket, or just a percentage of this money goes to ...
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How to get introductions to investors?
All over the internet, the consensus seems to be that when you are looking for funding it is important to approach angels or VCs through an introduction from someone they know, rather than cold.
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How to get Investor's attention at the conference?
Here is the deal. I'm a Russian guy, living in Siberia. I have a great team and a prototype of a kick-ass project. I'm going to LeWeb 2010 (Paris), which is the biggest European Web conference. There ...
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Is there a comprehensive list of publicly visible/advertised mega angels or micro VCs in the Toronto area?
Specifically, groups which are soliciting pitches, and located in Toronto (or, more generally, southern Ontario).
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First-time meeting with a VC and Angel Investor
Just to give some background, I'm building a software as a service offering which is almost in private beta and I have a few customers lined up to start using it at launch. Its a solo gig so far, and ...
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Prototype ready, need funding in Vancouver, Canada. Is Angelsoft's Open Deals ($250 per month) a good idea?
$250 seems pretty darn expensive that they are charging.
Are there any other ways I can reach VCs ?
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Old and wise developer - Startup founder newbie
I'm a software developer/development manager with more than 18 years of hands on experience. For a year now a wonderful idea has fermented in my head. All the research I've indicates there is no ...
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Stepping from the lion's head
I have a cracker of a web 2 idea. I know its market, I know the people and I know they're crying out for it. I'm also a developer of some 15 years, and have some management experience and exposure to ...
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Do single-founder companies ever get funded?
Most companies I see funded usually have two or more founders. Do investors, angels or VCs, look down on one-man-companies? Are there many that get funded?
Or is it just that it's rare to have one ...
