Investors Questions

To my knowledge, to invest in a private company in the United States, a person has to be an accredited investor. But what about these friends and family rounds that I hear so much about - friends...

Investors

asked Dec 5 '12 at 03:25

Genadinik
1,821 points

I am the sole founder and owner of a limited company. I am considering to find an angel investor not only for financial reasons but also to have somebody experienced to give valuable input -...

Board Angel Investors

asked Dec 6 '12 at 03:39

Dan
49 points

I'm planning to become an angel investor but during the initial stages dont want to be directly looking over all the operations. Thus looking for something like helping another angel investor,so...

Investors

asked Nov 25 '12 at 18:43

Rock Win
16 points

How will I know when my company is ready to receive an investment? I am starting a company and have bootstrapped it so far. I have produced four versions of the demo. The first fully-working...

Funding Investors

asked Nov 28 '12 at 11:10

Gunshor
1 point

We are in our seed round and the investors are asking for preferred shares of the company and terms that they own a percentage of the code/software and a percentage of the patent rights. We are...

Finance Startup Costs Angel Investors Seed

asked Nov 30 '12 at 14:46

Devin Shavenoff
8 points

How can I expose my startup to seed and angel investors instead of cold calling them? Is there any way to get feedback from them? In Silicon Valley or other major startup scenes.

Pitch Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Dec 1 '12 at 09:46

John S
184 points

We are not so much a start up company; been doing business for over 7 years and started off with an investor which was considered a loan with interest. Now we are up to receive anywhere from...

Equity Angel Investors Valuation

asked Nov 16 '12 at 18:01

Andrea Wilson
6 points

I have a few questions about promised milestones to investors. Is it common to include very specific milestones in the term sheet? What are the consequences if you fail to meet them? Losing Board...

Investors Terms And Conditions Term Sheet

asked Oct 19 '12 at 05:02

Wewill See
53 points

Will investors be turned off if i own 51% of the company and have an Anti-Dilution clause that keeps me at 51%? I expect I will go through several rounds of 3rd party investing in my start-up.

Investment Investors Shares

asked Oct 29 '12 at 06:02

Dragonman
120 points

I'm meeting with a local incubator tomorrow and I would like to know if it's okay to tell them I'm going to "shop around". I want to talk to other incubators and see what they can bring to the...

Getting Started Funding Incubators Investors

asked Oct 30 '12 at 23:10

Dragonman
120 points

I have an idea for a company and I want to share it with potential investors. I'm a bit concerned about my ability to protect the idea. Should I get them to sign an NDA? Would that scare investors...

Legal Investors Intellectual Property NDA

asked Oct 18 '12 at 05:56

Sarah Simpson
23 points

I have an idea for a website that myself and a partner have started to get going. One of our first steps was speaking with a web developer. The site may run over our budget. The developer (who is a...

Getting Started Venture Capital Web Services Investors Profit Sharing

asked Sep 19 '12 at 10:28

Melissa
6 points

We are in the process of setting up a board structure for our startup. Everybody on the board will have their own veto rights on important matters, such as capital injection, spending limits,...

Board Management Incorporation Investors Shares

asked Sep 12 '12 at 19:27

Jaxons
16 points

We have a profitable hardware and SaaS business. some clients want to obtain a 12-month financing to buy our hardware. we need extra money to allow it. that would increase our monthly income by...

Strategy Finance Investors Valuation

asked Aug 24 '12 at 02:14

Sd Reyes
156 points

I've spent the better part of the last several years developing a product/algorithm, and although I lack the time/funds to do an exhaustive patent search, I'm 99.99% certain that the algorithm is...

Patent Investors Intellectual Property

asked Aug 28 '12 at 02:56

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8 points

Our Company just raised another round of funding (5MM). I took a peak at the SEC filing and it was confusing. See below: Total Offering Amount $18,500,000 USD Total Amount Sold $9,777,138 USD...

Venture Capital Investors Stocks

asked Aug 28 '12 at 03:49

User19426
8 points

Me and my partner are working on an idea for a text (SMS) service that we intend to pitch to the National Health Service in the UK as it could potentially save them a lot of money. However, minus...

Ideas Investors Service SMS

asked Jul 11 '12 at 16:57

Sebastian
101 points

I consider contacting a few potential angel investors through E-mail, for my yet to be founded startup. My Executive Summary is ready to be sent, but I'm wondering if its safe to send it right...

Angel Business Plan Investors

asked Jul 22 '12 at 02:51

Orchestrator
149 points

I have five minutes to present a web app in front of investors (well, actually they are contest judges, but they are still looking for an app that will take off), and then I get five minutes for...

Contests Investors Expanding

asked Jun 21 '12 at 05:18

Tyjkenn
103 points

I know that the first thing investors look for is a good strong team. Until recently, I thought that just meant the founder and co-founders. However, I was just checking out angelist, and most of...

Advisors Funding Venture Capital Investors

asked Jun 27 '12 at 04:51

Derek
164 points