Investment Questions

Typically, what percentage of the company is sold during each round of funding: angel investment or seed round, and A, B, and C venture capital rounds. The goal, I suppose, is the hold enough back...

Venture Capital Investment Seed Funding

asked Nov 17 '10 at 16:09

John Berryman
388 points

Believe the question explains itself, but if you have questions, just let me know.

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Oct 13 '10 at 09:25

Blunders .
899 points

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is cut-bait, and walk away from a venture. What factors are the most important taking this leap?

Venture Investment Selling

asked Oct 16 '10 at 06:03

Blunders .
899 points

These things I am bothered by my business. You know, every one of us needs to make money. I decide to do it by creating my own business and preparing to do investment. I want to live around...

Ideas Business Plan Business Investment

asked Aug 14 '10 at 20:39

Steven
1 point

I set up a company with 1 share. The company is now attracting investment for which we will offer, in total, 20% ownership of the company. These would be B Ordinary Shares - with the only...

Investment Investors

asked May 18 '10 at 01:33

Stealth
76 points

Our company has attracted 14 private investors, each for relatively small stakes. They not only provide seed capital, but also diverse experience and valuable advice. Can you recommend a...

Board Investment Investors

asked Jun 8 '10 at 07:29

Stealth
76 points

I'm about to launch my web based business, and several friends/relatives offered to invest small amounts of money(5-10k) for a few percentages (1-5%) of my company. It's a side business for me as...

Equity Investment

asked Apr 15 '10 at 17:10

Boolean
388 points

I have a big web project which I and my co-founder began our development on. We've been talking to our angel investor for a long time. He is very responsive but we cant get a final investment...

Angel Investment

asked Mar 23 '10 at 13:16

Pennyfiller13
86 points

I am looking for a VC that invests in the homeland security or access control industries... Is there a website where I can search for VC's according to the field in which they invest? I found...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Feb 26 '10 at 01:11

Ron Ga
2,181 points

Is there a quick and easy way for a person based in Europe to invest in a startup (incorporated) in Asia?

Investment Investors

asked Mar 5 '10 at 23:49

Eric
352 points

Let me preface this with the fact I am not a business student. I am a computer science student but I have a great interest in creating a startup. These questions have probably been asked before, so...

Getting Started Ideas Investment

asked Feb 3 '10 at 04:14

Fly Ghost
126 points

Can I probably get an investment from an angel investor even if I don't have a business plan? I have developed my website and my website is undergoing testing and it can be shown to an angel investor.

Angel Business Plan Investment Investors

asked Feb 5 '10 at 23:29

Steven
1 point

If all you have right now is an idea how do you value a company? See I want to build a software package and I have been doing research on my main competitors and such but at the end of the day how...

Investment Valuation

asked Feb 1 '10 at 16:37

Aaron
124 points

I co-founded a startup that has a product belonging in the social media space and will launch a public beta in two weeks. We are located in the Philippines but we are targeting US/UK users. I am...

Foreign Angel Investment

asked Dec 27 '09 at 19:14

Eric
352 points

Currently, I am listening to Dharmesh's interview on Mixergy.com. I really like making websites, made tones of them, but to get them off the ground, is what kills me. Right now, I have a small...

Marketing Venture Capital Advertising Investment

asked Dec 11 '09 at 13:08

Bhargav Patel
16 points

I want to create a logo by outsourcing it, but since I have little money in hand, I'm in the middle of deciding whether I should spend it for the product's logo or the company's logo. I would need...

Marketing Investment Logo

asked Nov 30 '09 at 11:36

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I have read that if you are raising money, that an LLC is a dispreferred vehicle for your company. Why do investors not like to invest in an LLC?

Funding LLC Incorporation Investment

asked Nov 18 '09 at 07:34

Joseph Turian
895 points