Venture Giants has created a brief guide on what to do when you pitch and meet your investors for the first time. Success! You have sent over your business plan to an angel investor and will pitch to them. Nerve racking stuff. This is linked from the original Venture Giants article regarding HORROR MISTAKES We have compiled a brief how-to[Read More…]
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Angel Investment: Meeting an Investor and Presenting your Investment Summary
If you are seeking to raise angel investment for your business ask yourself the question now; when you finally do find an angel investor interested in discussing your proposal further with you, are you willing to pitch your idea and stand-up to the scrutiny? Nerve racking stuff even for the most experienced entrepreneur, but not so nerve racking if you have prepared[Read More…]
Risk Capital: Raising External Investment
Bank Loans vs Angel Investment Venture Giants Special report on Risk Capital Question: What is Risk Capital? Definition: Risk Capital is classed as investment capital placed into a speculative activity to fund high-risk, high-reward investments. As an entrepreneur looking to raise start-up funds for your business or seeking funds to expand your business, it is important to understand that angel investment is classed as risk capital[Read More…]
When should an entrepreneur start looking for investors?
There is no right or wrong time to approach an Angel Investor as long as you are successful in attracting investment. This is the right attitude of an entrepreneur who is serious about attracting external funding. But, there will specific times in your business cycle that will have the highest chance of raising angel investment and recognising this as an entrepreneur[Read More…]
Why you may not actually need an Angel Investor for your business capital funding
Why you may not need an Angel Investor for Business Capital Funding So, you believe you are close to creating the next big thing and are on the verge of launching a potential hot-selling product but just need investment from an Angel Investor to make it a success. You believe strongly that £50k – £75k from an angel investor would[Read More…]
Calculating your yearly growth projections
Most angel investors will want to know the rationale supporting your claims. It’s extremely important that the entrepreneur demonstrates a clear understanding of the size and scope of the industry in which they are in. How do your projections compare with the yearly revenues and overall growth forecasted by the industry experts? The industry experience of your management team has a[Read More…]
What role would you like to see an Angel Investor play in your company?
It’s important to consider the fact that most angel investors prefer to invest in industries that they have considerable knowledge and experience with. Also note that angel investors improve their value to the companies they invest with when they participate beyond just capital. Angel investors who interacted with their invested companies at least a couple of times a month experienced greater results.[Read More…]
What is the World’s Best Investment: Google or Electricity?
A single business angel investment in the right industry, at the right time, and in the right entrepreneur can change the way the world works. Think Google, Think electricity.The UK market in particular has shown a considerable rise in angel investment activity in recent years. The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) states that in the 2007-08 its members invested in over[Read More…]
What is your proposed Exit Strategy for an Angel Investor?
Consider this question for one second before you begin to read this article: What would be your answer if an Angel Investor asked you how he/she could exit from your business angel investment in the future? If your off-the-cuff answer to this question is that you would like the Angel Investor to hold on for as long as you would in the business or[Read More…]
The World’s Greatest Angel Investment: Google
Tracing the development of a university graduate research project, it later became Google, a multi-billion pound corporation employing over 20,000 employees worldwide and now controlling over 68% of searches made worldwide over the internet. It has now indexed over one trillion pages on the internet – one thing is clear – Google is big. Though there are many articles listed[Read More…]