Fundraising

No matter how great your business plan is, how many revenue streams you have, how appealing a business model you created, how big a market you are addressing, and even how efficiently you plan to use capital, it is NOT enough to secure funding for your startup stand-alone. In this blog and the corresponding video, we unveil the other two components that are key to ensure your startup’s fundability.

Not every investor is the same and choosing the right investor is critical to your company’s success. All investors can be categorized by three criteria: 1. An investment amount. 2. The level of involvement. 3. The investor’s role in a company.

Many entrepreneurs think that if they have a brilliant idea, they can easily get funded. They immediately embark on a fundraising journey, pitch at multiple investor meetings, and are flabbergasted why, to their genuine surprise, the answer is consistently “NO”. What is the problem? Why is it so hard to raise money even if you have an idea that can be worth billions? “CAN” is the key here, as we discuss in this article and the corresponding video.

For any early-stage startup founder, there are several key moments that mark the trajectory of the company’s growth and serve as a testament to the founding team’s hard work. To name a few, there are the MPV launch, your first customer, and, of course, your first term sheet. Raising money is a daunting and outright scary task for any first-time entrepreneur, and thus getting that first term sheet from a professional investor is an incredible validation of your vision, product quality, and persistence.

Investors don’t invest in products. They invest in businesses and, specifically, those businesses that have the potential of making them the most money. Some investors may have additional objectives such as to support women-founders or to invest in green technologies, but they are still primarily driven by the desire to make a profit.

If you are a startup founder raising capital for the first time, you are likely stressed out and scared. Don’t be! In this article and the corresponding video, we discuss the three most common mistakes inexperienced entrepreneurs make on their fundraising journey so that you can avoid falling into the same traps and get funded faster.

In this article with discuss five main financing stages that startups go through on their fundraising journey.

The first taste of success is exhilarating. All the hard work is finally paying off. Your vision, meticulously planned out and deftly executed, is coming to fruition. A product you created from nothing is being used and liked by your customers. However, while the uncertainty, sleepless nights, and countless rejections are mostly behind you, it is not the time to become too confident in your plans.

Every entrepreneur believes that his or her idea is amazing. If you don’t, why even bother starting a company? However, instead of simply stating that your idea is amazing, you should prove to investors that it is. You can do so with a well thought out business plan, a compelling product, and raving customer reviews, just to name a few.