Questions regarding people or companies providing businesses with cash infusion(s) needed to finance its operation.
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Where do I find VCs?
I am making a new site, and I need some investors for it. The work is quite done, but I am unable to find people who would like to invest in the site.
How and where can I find investors?
Regards,
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Possible dangers in specific startup percentage scheme
first of all I need to tell you about my background. I am an Internet/Software engineer, came up with a great idea and little knowledge do I have about business.
Fulfilling the need for a partner in ...
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My co-founder wants to leave to take a paid gig — what do I do?
My fiance and I started a business together 2 years ago. He quit his job and I kept my full-time job. We raised $300K from friends and family via promissory notes convertible to shares when a larger ...
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Angel Investment Negotiation
my partner and I are creating a start-up and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice about negotiating with an angel investor. The start-up is a social networking website for pets. We have ...
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A con-artist or an investor
I have two potential investors: 1) My uncle - a trusted and wealthy family member and 2) "M.S." an unknown person that approached me after having heard my pitch and was "instantly enamored with my ...
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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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Getting investors for the first time - how does financing work?
So how typically does financing work. Are investors basically giving me a loan that I have to pay back? Are they buying equity (so that upon business failure, nobody owes anybody anything)? Are ...
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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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How do you obtain angel investors help?
I am brand new to the startup stage and am trying to obtain money to get my startup off the ground. I have heard about angel investors but I have no idea how to get in contact with them (especially ...
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Where would one advertise for a lead man/woman?
We are seeking to bring in someone at a founder level that is connected in the Silicon valley investment circles. Is there anywhere in particular we could advert to see if anyone fits our group? Any ...
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Does A Startup Need A Full-Time CIO For Making Investors Happy?
Here's the scenario: there's a startup with two founders (and a couple of other participants) in it working part-time while keeping their full-time, primary jobs. They are building a ...
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Should I pitch my idea to Angel Investors?
We have an idea for a website. I am a software developer, but I don't want to spend all my time creating this site that won't sell or be marketable or popular whatsoever, and make us no money.
Would ...
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How does BizSpark investor reviews work?
I got accepted by BizSpark last week. So now I'm wondering... How do the investor reviews work? How long until I see investor rankings (typically), or do I need to approach people first?
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What does it mean to 'Tell a Story'?
What exactly do these startup mentors mean when they say 'Tell a good story'?
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What are questions every VC should ask a startup?
Believe the question explains itself, but if you have questions, just let me know.
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$50,000-250,000…? Thoughts Please
WE are just about to roll out our pivate equity fund, the raise is 100MM. Over the years we have accumulated many 50,000 type investors. What would you suggest is the minimum investment amount? How ...
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Partnership questions
I am working on the project which is in its pre beta stage. This is a web based service that allows to distribute some content in a printed format. I got several offers from investors and printing ...
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Funding and money for startup
I have a very simple and basic question: How do I get funding for my startup? How much money can you get?
Thanks,
Yama
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How to buy out an investor
Last year, we've created a partnership (LLC) and developed a software product that started bringing revenue of about $15K a month after only 11 months of development. One of the partners is an ...
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How does a company (squarespace) get 40million in minority investment when its revenue is say 5 million?
If a company (squarespace) is doing around 5-8million, how could they possible get a minority investment of almost 40 million?
Minority to me means less than 50%, so that would put the companies ...
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Is it a good idea to contact investors using Twitter?
I know its easier to get backed up by investors if you know someone, but how can I talk to such people? They must be so busy with what they are doing.
Example: Dharmesh.
Sometimes there is ...
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Mini-Site to attract Investors?
I have an idea about a web application type of website. I am wondering if I should make a mini site and allow users to sign up and get information about whats coming up. I can use the numbers of sign ...
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5 killer questions investors at funding round always want to know?
We are going to a first stage funding round next week at our investor event. I just wanted to know what the collective thoughts were based on experience of the top 5 questions people have asked ?
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What is the best way to present our business plan to potential investors or to a bank?
We have an excellent Business Plan, for some fantastic mobile ideas. The down side, we need funding to get these ideas developed and to market. What is the best way to meet with potential investors? ...
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Liquidity preference on “partial” liquidity event
How does liquidity preference work in a situation where the company was not 100% acquired? Do the preferred shareholders apply their preference then lose them pro-ratably on the next liquidity event?
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Is there any good advice out there for starting an arts-based business?
My husband is a master coppersmith specializing in hand-crafted "fine art" copper fountains and other copper art. We have a vision for our company, goals have been set, we believe we're past the ...
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How to approach an angel investor?
Once you have identified an angel investor what are some of the questions you should ask him/her and what should you be prepared to talk about with them? Ex: the business in brief, investment ...
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How do I win over investors when there's a well-known yet pre-launch stealthy competitor in my space?
For reference, I am a first-time entrepreneur. Meanwhile this startup is led by a successful serial entrepreneur and is in an well-known incubator program.
I suspect many of the top-tier investors ...
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Keeping investors updated
Our company has attracted 14 private investors, each for relatively small stakes. They not only provide seed capital, but also diverse experience and valuable advice.
Can you recommend a ...
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Where to seek private investors?
I am trying to find a retired executive who has industry expertise and who can help me grow the company and invest in it. Where do I begin to find people like this? I don't find they are make ...
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Unvested shares
Let's say a Founder currently owns 100% of the company but wishes to offer 10% of the company to a part-time contributor. He offers a 4-year vesting period to that contributor with a 1-year cliff.
So ...
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Issuing new shares
I set up a company with 1 share.
The company is now attracting investment for which we will offer, in total, 20% ownership of the company. These would be B Ordinary Shares - with the only difference ...
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Do I have to be physically present in SF to attract investors?
I have been reading articles by Paul Graham on start ups and am currently in the process of deciding where to incorporate. What baffles me is that most tech startups move to SF early on when the ...
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Should I seek an investor simply for credibility and exposure?
I am frustrated. I am a software engineer, not a marketer. I recently launched a website called Trivlike, and online matchmaking site that uses trivia to match compatible people. I spent 6 months from ...
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What does leading an (angel) round mean?
From time to time, I read the phrase "leading the angel round". What does that mean exactly?
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I am looking for a simple investor agreement for a convertible note
Our self-funding is running out within 2 months and we are probably a month to 4 months away from revenue. We hope we won't need financing, but we have to be prepared.
I've already spoken with a ...
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The easiest way to angel invest between two countries?
Is there a quick and easy way for a person based in Europe to invest in a startup (incorporated) in Asia?
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Is there an index of startup incubators around the world?
Is there a list of places like the YCombinator, CapitalFactory etc arranged by their geographic operating regions?
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Finding the right VC
I am looking for a VC that invests in the homeland security or access control industries...
Is there a website where I can search for VC's according to the field in which they invest?
I found VCDB, ...
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What can Angel Investors do when the company is failing?
I'm an angel investor (B Round)of a new start up company. But unfortunately, the company seems to have failed. But the CEO never clearly says that the company has failed. So, what can I do. And most ...
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Should you share your slide deck/pitch with investor?
I'm curious to here feedback on whether people think it's a good idea to share your slide deck after giving your pitch/presentation to a potential investor.
We just did a pitch...and had an investor ...
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different investors for different products under one startup
We are a startup building 3 social media apps. We have managed to attract two investors to two of our apps. The problem is we were pitching it to them as stand alone products and not under one ...
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If I go to meet an angel investor without a business plan, will he dismiss my attempt immediately?
Can I probably get an investment from an angel investor even if I don't have a business plan? I have developed my website and my website is undergoing testing and it can be shown to an angel investor.
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“What does your website do?” My answer is
Suppose you are an angel investor and I want you to invest my website, you may ask, "Tell me, what does your website do?" I answer, "My website is a platform. You can seek for people to do something ...
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I am the founder of a website. If I go to meet an angel investor,what questions will he probably ask me?
I have developed a website. It is under internal testing. My website is a platform. You can ask for people to do something for you and you pay them; on the other hand, you can do something for others ...
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How to justify ROI?
I very much apprectiate the responses from those who answered my questions on sensitivity and management. This is a followup question.
For every investment opportunity, there is the magic number, ...
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Do investors require a mangement team? What if there isn't one?
From an investor point of view, the cliche is "investor prefers type A management team with a type B product rather than the reverse".
A startup cannot afford CFO, CEO. Founder has to roll up the ...
