About 38% of startup company fails within 3 years due to lake of funding. Funding a startup is critical at every stage be it as seed fund such as raising initial fund from friends and families, or angel investments, even at the later stages of series A, series B etc., funding to attract talent, accelerate the growth, capture international market, when the growth is stable, looking for timing and opportunity to become publish company or choose to merge with large enterprise with win-win synergy.
This was the presentation given to students at PSG - Coimbatore
7. Angel Investor
A Wealthy Individual interested in
your idea and ROI
Many angels are successful
entrepreneurs, you can expect
connections and sound advice
You can expect 1 lack to 10 Lacks
Caution:
You may loose decision making
power
8. VC FUNDING : SERIES A
ACCELERATE COMPANY
GROWTH
ATTRACTING NEW TALENT CROSS PRODUCT
MILESTONES
9. VC FUNDING : SERIES B, C, D..
GROWTH CAPITAL FOR VIRAL
GROWTH OVER A LONG
PERIOD
RAPID CUSTOMERS GROWTH,
EXPECTED REVENUE GROWTH
, PROFITABILITY
$20M - $1OOM
FUNDING NEED
> $250M - VALUATION
10. Ready with a plan, before you ask for fund
Problem Solution Why you
Market Size
Financial
Projection
ASK
13. Stages Funding Basis Funding Size Valuation Size Funding Source
Ideation Idea Attraction
And Market size
$25k $100k $250K to $500k Bootstrap, F & F ,Angel/
Seed Funds
Validation Execution Capability of
founders
$100k - $250 $500k to 1.5M Bootstrap, F & F ,Angel/
Seed Funds
Early Traction A successful working model
or product/service
$250k- $500k $2M- $5M Angel /Seed Funds
Scaling Customer Adoption, Cash
Flows
$1M - $5M $5M- $20M Angel/ Seed Funds/VC
Rapid Customer
Adoption
Market Share, Revenue
grow estimate
$5M - $20M > $50M Series A ( 1 to many VCs )
Growth Capital for
viral Growth over a
long period
Rapid Customers growth,
Expected Revenue Growth ,
Profitability
$20M - $1OOM > $250M Series (B,C,D,E.,)
PE firms and VCs will exit
Stable Growth Exit Strategy (IPO / Get Acquired )