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What is a lead investor?
On TechCrunch, I often see articles saying
Company FooBar raised $10M in a Series A round, lead by Ventures Inc.
In this context, who are "Ventures Inc"? What does it mean that they lead the ...
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How much equity should these founders have? [duplicate]
Me and my 3 partners are in the early stages of a gaming start up company. We are now looking to split the initial equity in the company because we are not all on equal terms.
Person#1 is an ...
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When and how do I approach an investor?
I've been working on my startup for about 3 months now. Currently we have two active team members: a backend developer and a frontend developer (myself). Now we're looking to get investments so that ...
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What is the procedure to finance a project?
A wealth individual would like to invest into a project where he would provide the funds and I would provide the management of the project. However, I am not too sure of the correct procedure to start ...
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Where can I find international seed investors?
We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are based ...
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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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Assessing the value of startup company for investment
We are a start up company set up 14 months ago. We were building few products which we could not finish yet. we plan to finish it in another 6 months. Since our initial budget were very low. We had to ...
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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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When does the Series A round kicks in?
We are preparing a business plan for our next startup and this time we are planning to raise seed funds of $300K for 12 months with a milestone. We will enter the private BETA program for a group of ...
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What is the value of my IP (in terms of equity)
Here is the scenario:
I am the ceo/founder of a company that will be launching a website/application. The amount of cash I have invested thus far is less than 3,000.
I am currently seeking ...
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What is the difference between Series A, Series B and Series C investment?
What is the difference between Series A, Series B and Series C investment for a startup?
How does this affect salary and/or equity expectations if I am looking to join a startup in a ...
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Who uses “Self-Directed” Retirement Accounts to fund start-ups?
In the United States a retirement account like a 401K or an IRA can be incorporated as a "self-directed" account. A self-direct account provides you check-book control over your retirement account. It ...
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Legal aspects of taking investments from a foreign company
There's quite a lot of documentation (for example here) about pros and cons of taking an investment from an accredited or non-accredited investor. However, I don't see any explanation when it comes to ...
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What do I need to convince people to invest in this company and how do I determine the initial investment?
I am planning for a company. The company will build a university. The company has a plan of 10 years to build the university and make it functional.
What I need now is investment. The question is how ...
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In seed funding, can the investment come from multiple sources?
I have two investors that appear interested in my concept. I am going to speak to one tomorrow. I intend to disclose to him that I will also be speaking with another investor very soon. If possible ...
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Family money, now how much ownership do I give them?
I received family money to build a prototype. They gave me money with little questions ask, but expect to have some part of the action if the business actually works.
My question is, what kind of ...
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What are going rates for finders fee?
When trying to raise money, what are the going rates for finders fee? Also, who pays the fee: the investor, the entrepreneur or the company that is getting the investment?
Does it change with the ...
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Why don't investors like to invest in an LLC?
I have read that if you are raising money, that an LLC is a dispreferred vehicle for your company.
Why do investors not like to invest in an LLC?
