Investment Questions

I am fully aware that this is asked frequently, but it will differ a lot depending on the type of business: I am just about to start looking for an investor for a startup in the UK, i dont want to...

Getting Started Investment

asked Jun 15 '12 at 21:02

Darkcat Studios
190 points

DotSUB allows anyone to upload videos and provides an interface for subtitling them - to anyone. Looking at the subtitles and their timing of appearance, Khan Academy seems to have crowdsourced...

Video Investment Profitability

asked May 24 '12 at 05:02

Aditya Menon
112 points

I've been running a site (community platform) for a couple years and now we are growing fast, getting strong user traction and started implementing a customer oriented business model. In order to...

Startup Costs Venture Capital Investment Seed Funding

asked May 20 '12 at 06:35

Jean Pierre
48 points

Excerpt from a Venture Capital book: If an investor with a $100M fund has set aside $5M to invest in a particular company over its life, what proportion of the $5M should it invest in the first...

Venture Capital Investment Dilution

asked Apr 9 '12 at 00:44

Ryan
162 points

Two co-founders and I have started a project that is going rather well. We sell a service that is paid on a monthly basis but that also has some up-front costs (revenues for us). Thus far we have...

Business Investment Profit Sharing

asked Feb 5 '12 at 09:54

Daniel Gill
175 points

I been asked by a potential investor to create a term sheet. What should such document include and focus on expect how much I'm asking for and estimated costs of running the start-up? Is there...

Investment

asked Jan 19 '12 at 04:56

Peter K.
194 points

We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are...

Funding Investment Investors Seed Funding Seed

asked Jan 23 '12 at 22:31

Inge Henriksen
101 points

Over the last year me and a friend (a colleague I work with) have been planning developing a social web service that we feel has massive potential. We both have no business experience but are...

Investment

asked Jan 8 '12 at 22:07

Gary Devenay
107 points

My startup received a Terms Sheet from an investor and my co-founder and I are trying to figure out if they are saying that they are going to want 30% of our profits at the end of every year or if...

Legal Angel Investment Term Sheet

asked Dec 9 '11 at 10:04

Tom Delaney
16 points

I came across kickstarter webpage which offers an excellent opportunity to raise money needed to launch a product/service without prior personal financial investments. We are a team of engineers...

Venture Capital Investment

asked Dec 12 '11 at 21:34

Niko
128 points

The company I'm an investor in requires a significant capital infusion, and is trying to find a structure to remove several current investors who are not participating in daily operations of...

Equity Investment USA Corporation Capital

asked Nov 24 '11 at 08:56

Andy
111 points

I am getting involved in a small start up - we have been discussing (3 partners) this for a few months and now is time to get everything settled. We originally discussed a certain time allocation...

Equity Founders Agreement Investment Partnerships

asked Nov 24 '11 at 20:53

Goldenone
21 points

My Company is looking to get angel investing for a startup in order to provide more resources/time to various aspects of our business. How long does it take to sway an angel to invest? I know this...

Startup Costs Investing Investment Investors

asked Dec 1 '11 at 09:58

Meow
137 points

My partners and I have built our company from an $11K company to a $1.2M company in 5 years. We have an investor who would like to put $500K into the company to help us get it to the "next level"....

Investment Investors

asked Nov 5 '11 at 00:42

Pbj
6 points

My partner and i are from different countries (1) My partner will fund the startup idea (2) I will be the working partner and the idea will be executed in my home country Please give your advice...

Ideas Legal Investment Partnerships Seed Funding

asked Oct 6 '11 at 02:06

Bt001
11 points

Is there are particular method for banks or individuals when their capital is invested in the company before going public. To make it more clear how was Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs deal valued...

Investing Investment Valuation

asked Oct 10 '11 at 21:11

Himanshu Prasad
51 points

We are a start up company set up 14 months ago. We were building few products which we could not finish yet. we plan to finish it in another 6 months. Since our initial budget were very low. We had...

Funding Investing Entrepreneurs Investment Strategic Investment

asked Oct 2 '11 at 10:57

Fayaz
35 points

Lets assume the example of Groupon which is going to be public this year or next year.Suppose if someone invests $100Million in the company,will its valuation increase for the individual or for its...

Investment Investors Valuation Stock Options

asked Oct 3 '11 at 18:34

Himanshu Prasad
51 points

Well I am trying to raise capital for upcoming IPO's.I would appreciate for the answer of these questions. 1.What are the requirements for raising capital by Private placement memorandum...

Business Plan Investment Investors Stocks Fundraising

asked Sep 23 '11 at 21:29

Himanshu Prasad
51 points

Does it make sense, if someone invest $100k on me and I'd only require $90k, I take $10k and invest it back on some other people?

Investing Business Investment

asked Sep 1 '11 at 18:20

Pacerier
317 points