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VentureFocus. BOOSTMENA. Crowd Sourced list of European Investors - Google Sheets. Global Accelerator Network. Startupxplore, the startup funding community. Startup Funding & Investing | Angel Investors. Angel Investors, Business Funding, Startup Funding. Kima Ventures | Most active Angel investor in the world. Untitled. Jason Gegere Web Dev. Niche reservation solutions. @HTMLgraphic principal.

Building a startup Boulder, CO Creating usable websites is my passion. Startup Investing. Simplified. - SeedInvest. Our Members > Global Accelerator Network. Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A. Remmember that it’s best to explicitly define what the fundraising milestone strategy is during the seed stage Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A.

Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. It’s been four years since we founded NextView Ventures, so we’re now at a critical mass of startups that have accomplished this Series A milestone. Of the NextView-backed founders that have tried to raise this round, over 70% have done so (compared to a mean success rate in the industry of around 27%, according to some sources). Our hope is that, in being transparent around the factors leading to successful Series A raises, everyone involved can be more effective at helping a given startup reach this critical financing stage. Do Large, Lifecycle VCs Affect Time to Series A? 1. 2. 3. 4. What We Learned Our Main Takeaways. Venture Capital Firms | Assets, Investment Size, Location. The million dollar list: New Crowd-sourced list provides details of Israeli Angels. Photo Credit: Eden Shochat's Angel list A new list now available online includes the names of more than 100 Israeli investors, and their areas of investment interest The biggest obstacle facing an entrepreneur who’s looking to raise money is getting to the right investor.

First they have to find an investor interested in investing in the areas of their project, and second, they have to know how to reach them. Eden Shochat, a serial entrepreneur (face.com sold up and aternity) and veteran investor with experience (Genesis Foundation, Aleph Fund), wants to help entrepreneurs out with an unprecedented initiative that concentrates, on a single document, the names of all the angels investors in Israel, how to contact them and details of the investments which they generally look out for.

A valuable list with a social twist Shochat created a list, the first of its kind to be released publicly, containing the names of about 130 Israeli angels. Photo Credit: Eden Shochat’s Angel list. How to Fund a Startup. November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. A typical startup goes through several rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take just enough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the next gear. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded. I think it would help founders to understand funding better—not just the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking.

I don't mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a drag on us. Apparently our situation was not unusual. Let's start by talking about the five sources of startup funding. Friends and Family A lot of startups get their first funding from friends and family. If your friends or family happen to be rich, the line blurs between them and angel investors. The advantage of raising money from friends and family is that they're easy to find. The SEC defines an "accredited investor" as someone with over a million dollars in liquid assets or an income of over $200,000 a year. Consulting Angel Investors. How Funding Works - Splitting The Equity With Investors - Infographic.

A hypothetical startup will get about $15,000 from family and friends, about $200,000 from an angel investor three months later, and about $2 Million from a VC another six months later. If all goes well. See how funding works in this infographic: First, let’s figure out why we are talking about funding as something you need to do. This is not a given. If you know the basics of how funding works, skim to the end. Every time you get funding, you give up a piece of your company. Splitting the Pie The basic idea behind equity is the splitting of a pie.

When Google went public, Larry and Sergey had about 15% of the pie, each. Funding Stages Let’s look at how a hypothetical startup would get funding. Idea stage At first it is just you. Co-Founder Stage As you start to transform your idea into a physical prototype you realize that it is taking you longer (it almost always does.) Soon you realize that the two of you have been eating Ramen noodles three times a day. Registering the Company. Angel Resource Institute. Topics: Angel Research, Angel Groups, Angel Market Data, Valuation Summary: The 2012 Halo Report is a collaborative project of Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank, and CB Insights. The Halo Report provides on-going trends of angel group activities in US companies. ARI (n.d.). 2012haloreportinfographic [Article]. Retrieved from ARI. “2012HaloReportInfographic” ARI. n.d.. Kima Ventures | Most active Angel investor in the world. Angel Investors, Business Funding, Startup Funding. Startup Funding & Investing | Angel Investors.

The Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors who fund them & entrepreneurs who run them. The two sites you mentioned are both secondary listing services, for later stage companies. For a new angel investor, by far the best thing to do is to join a local angel investor group that belongs to the Angel Capital Association. There are hundreds of them, with at least one in every state. Major metropolitan areas typically have more than one.

Some groups specialize, investing primarily in life sciences or tech companies or women-led ventures or other areas. Some are wide open, investing in everything from real estate to films. Most are somewhere in between, focusing primarily on early-stage, high-growth companies with scalable business models. But regardless of the specifics, what they all have in common is bringing together a group of active Accredited Investors interested in supporting young startups. The typical US angel group will receive a dozen or more funding applications from startups each month; the most active ones, such as New York Angels will receive over 100. Top 10 Crowdfunding Sites by Traffic Rank. Startupxplore, the startup funding community. Five angel investors who rule the travel startup world – Skift. Erik Blachford, a former CEO of Expedia, was traveling to Seattle for a board meeting of Zillow, the real estate marketplace co-founded by his good friend Rich Barton, who founded Expedia for Microsoft and was the online travel agency’s first CEO.

Blachford, a Zillow investor, booked his hotel stay through Sam Shank’s Hotel Tonight, and wanted to have some fun with his entrepreneurial and investor buddies. “I then used Room 77 [founded by Brad Gerstner] to get a bead on the relative quality of my room in hopes of giving Sam a hard time, but of course it turned out to be just fine,” Blachford says. Blachford, Barton, Gerstner, Shank and Hugh Crean, the former CEO of Farecast, make up what you might call a Fab Five group of angel investors in travel.

You see their names pop up a lot in launch announcements: They invest at times in each others’ companies, and their investments in other companies frequently overlap. Ties that bind Click on the image below for the full family tree: UK Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs - Angel Investment network for Business Funding, Raising Business Finance or Venture Capital. Arab Business Angels | Business Angel Investments | Business Angel Funding | Business Angels UK. A Close Look at the Arab Business Angels Network Based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Business Angels Network or ABAN operates a Business Angel network for the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

This network serves as a perfect platform for considering rousing investment opportunities with those desirous of making such investments, either in their personal capacities or as part of larger consortiums. 18 nations of the Arab region are part of the Arab Business Angels Network, namingly: Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen The Arab Business Angels Network intends to become: The largest Business Angel network in the aforementioned region; The foremost choice for those seeking seed capital; A well entrenched driver of Corporate Social Responsibility for Dubai International Capital or DIC.

Brief History People behind the Arab Business Angels Network Mr. National Technology Enterprises Company | Kuwait. Global Innovation Company is one of the leading regional providers of innovative human capital development solutions. GIC is a fully owned subsidiary of (NTEC), concentrating on developing its business through: Building milestone strategies and goals with our clients. A huge network of international and regional Subject Matter Experts and Consultants. A solid portfolio of partnerships with leading technology and knowledge vendors. Accommodating International diversified distinct skills and knowledge, locally. For more information please visit www.gic.net.kw IMPULSE is a fully owned subsidiary of (NTEC) that offers complete ICT and value solutions for the Enterprises and SMBs.

Staying connected everywhere, requires sophisticated, secure and costly solutions that are difficult to provide, install and maintain. IMPULSE’s innovative and high performance solutions are easy to deploy and manage. For more information please visit www.impulse.com.kw. 사업계획서! - 패스트트랙아시아 박지웅 대표가 말하는 Tip. - beSUCCESS. 스타트업 업계에서 사업계획서에 대한 말이 많다. 사업계획서에 시간을 많이 투자해야 한다는 사람도 있고 시간을 많이 투자하지 말라는 사람도 있다. 하지만 한 가지는 명확하다. 사업계획서를 쓰긴 써야 된다는 것. 박지웅 대표는 패스트트랙아시아라는 컴퍼니 빌더(Company Builder)를 운영하면서 수 많은 사업계획서를 받고 검토한다. . “400개의 사업계획서가 들어온다면, 그 중 진지하게 검토하는 것이 10%, 투자로 이어지는 것은 1~5%”라고 박지웅 대표는 말한다. 1~5% 안에 들기 위한 사업계획서를 작성하고 있는 모든 분께 패스트트랙아시아의 박지웅 대표가 말하는 ‘사업계획서 작성 Tip’을 소개한다. Fast Track Asia 박지웅 대표 1. . - 파워포인트 문서 기준 15p. . - 글자 크기는 32 정도 - 지나친 표나 형상화된 구조화는 필요 없다. - 그림이나 사진은 인트로 등 1~2페이지만.

모든 사업계획서를 스티브 잡스 스타일로 도배하면 안 된다. - 국내 투자자면 쓸데없이 영문으로 작성하지 말 것 2. I. 사업의 목적을 한 줄 문장으로 요약 II. 고객의 불편함을 설명하고, 이게 얼마나 치명적인 문제인지 논리적으로 입증. 회사의 아이디어: 비타민보다는 페인킬러를 선호 III. 회사가 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 생각한 방법을 설명. IV. 프로토타입이나 알파, 베타 버전이 있다면 직접 시연. 발표 시, 인터넷 환경 등의 불확실성에 대비해 영상으로 보여주는 것도 좋은 방법. V. 현재의 성과에 대한 설명. 숫자 위주로 주요 Operating Metric 설명. Lesson Learned는 2~3가지 핵심만 정리. 사용자들 반응이나 측정결과를 첨부하는 것도 유용. VI. 이를 통해 창출할 수 있는 시장 규모에 대한 현실적인 추정. 크고 빠르게 성장하는 시장이 좋지만, 추정 자체가 합리적인 가정에 근거하는 것이 우선. VII. 경쟁자들을 나열하고 그들과의 경쟁 우위를 분석. 모든 면이 우위일 필요는 없다. Ex) 이 부분은 우리가 경쟁사보다 처지는데, 별로 중요하다고 생각하지 않아서다. 광고. Blog | FundersClub.