Venture Financing

Make your start-up venture attractive to venture capital investors

 

the only A-to-Z step-by-step venturepreneur's guide to Venture Financing

 

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by  Vadim Kotelnikov personal logo  Vadim Kotelnikov

Founder of Web Resources for Innovators

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Contents

1. Understanding the Venture Financing Chain

        Venture Financing Chain       

        Case in Point: A Financial Chronology of Amazon.com

        Start-Up Capital Formation Process

        Providers of Finance Throughout the Evolution of an Entrepreneurial Firm

        The Equity Gap

        Pre-IPO Company Ownership (Examples)

        Start-Up Business Success: 10 Steps

        Realization of Financial Returns for VC Investor and Exit Strategies

2. Venture Capital Basics

        Selecting Type of Finance: Debt of Equity?       

        Specific Features of the Venture Capital

        Language of the Venture Capital

        Venture Capital Funding Stages

        Main Sources of Funds for Entrepreneurial Firms

        Distribution of Venture Capitalist Exit Routes and Realized Gains

3.   Understanding Venture Capital Investors

         Differences Between Business Angels and Venture Capital Firms

         Who Are Business Angels

         Samples of Successful Business Angel Deals

         Typical Angel Investments

         The Pros and Cons of Business Angel Investments

         Involvement of Business Angels in the Venture

         VC-funded High-tech Start-ups: Probability of Success

         Characteristics of VC Firms Most Important to Entrepreneurs

         Growing Corporate Venture Investing

         Dealing With Banks

4. Introducing Venture Opportunity To Investors

        Venture Capitalists at the First Round Seek...

        Key Documentation To Be Prepared By the Entrepreneur

        How To Introduce Your Opportunity To a Venture Capital Company

        Milestone-based Operations and Funding

        Outline for Presentation to Investors

        Start-Up Business Plan

        Business Plan Review by VC Investors

5. Opportunity Evaluation By Investors

        The Process and Success Rates

        Specific Characteristics of Young Firms: an Investor's View

        10 Most Important Investment Criteria

        Aspects Leading to Rejecting an Investment Opportunity

        What VC Firms Look For In a Business Plan

        Due Diligence: Study Areas

        Factors That Are Analyzed and Verified During Due Diligence

6. Negotiating and Structuring the Deal

        Required Rate of Return for Different Business Stages

        Ownership Required To Support a 30% Return

        Valuating a Start-Up Company: 9 Typical Ways

        Negotiations: Value Claiming vs. Value Creation

        8 Key Elements of a Great Deal

        Characteristics of Sensible Deals

 

       Venture Financing

 

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