Venture Capital Questions

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

I've $100,000 from my personal money for a new company. I was thinking about going to Austin, TX, as I've heard Silicon Valley is more to raise money than to actually develop apps. Viewing all the...

Venture Capital Angel Business Plan Fundraising

asked May 25 '12 at 23:55

Hartator
116 points

Assuming a venture-backed startup with seed financing that plans to raise further rounds: does it make sense to buy things or should it go for renting/leasing? "Renting" something (office...

Finance Venture Capital Office Investors Operations

asked May 31 '12 at 23:28

Sascha Konietzke
118 points

So my co-founder and I spent 10 months and launched a social network 2 weeks ago. We are doing simple fb ads and craigslist advertising and have reached 200 users. As anyone will say, our idea is...

Marketing Startup Costs Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Social Network

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:24

R W
8 points

I have a project on the table with a business model that involves creating a web service to streamline all the best pieces of internet marketing into one platform. Full details need to be kept...

Getting Started Venture Capital Investors Strategic Investment

asked May 17 '12 at 00:28

Chad
32 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

My web application offers subscription service to both individuals and groups. The subscription is per user basis. Most purchasers will buy on behalf of his company (individual or group). When...

Venture Capital B2B Pitch B2C

asked Apr 30 '12 at 14:32

New Tothe Game
8 points

Imagine you found a VC or Business Angel or other to invest in your project something around 200,000 USD. How long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money? (A min-max and average...

Funding Venture Capital Angel

asked May 1 '12 at 23:02

Denislexic
106 points

This might be a really dumb question but I've heard of a few cases where VC's have purchased into a business and it made me wonder. Facebook's purchase of Instagram recently made me think to ask on...

Funding Venture Capital

asked May 4 '12 at 11:25

Lloyd
360 points

I am trying to determine when I should quit my job to pursue a startup. Here is what I feel are the pros/cons of leaving Pros Can focus more / no time constraints Iterations are much quicker (I...

Getting Started Venture Capital

asked May 6 '12 at 01:28

David
51 points

Now that the JOBS Act has been passed and signed when can I start raising capital through CrowdSource Funding?

Venture Capital Social Network Seed Funding Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding

asked May 9 '12 at 09:22

User17876
26 points

I have come across several situations wherein the VC invests based on funds needed to get certain things done in a startup.This seems ok, but most will want nothing less than 20% of the company....

Venture Capital

asked Apr 21 '12 at 17:07

Priyank
113 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

I have single-handedly written all code needed for an alpha/beta till date. Now i want to go beta and hire marketing professionals and a developer. For that i need money and VC funds. Shall i...

Co-Founder Finance Venture Capital Team

asked Apr 13 '12 at 23:02

aditya tiwari
8 points

I'm NOT seeking investment (legally stated for now), but I've pitched my business/goals to a few angels just for practice. The business is in data processing and is very procedural. As such, the...

Venture Capital

asked Mar 28 '12 at 09:06

Xepoch
234 points

Checked, but didn't see an answer to this: My partners and I have applied to a NYC accelerator. They have invited us to do an in person interview to determine if our project is a good fit. Aside...

Venture Capital Incubators Investors

asked Mar 21 '12 at 05:24

Confused
11 points

we have a relative small project and although it is going slow , there is some progress and good signs,but still far away from feature complete Anyway my question is when to pitch for VC or when...

Customers Venture Capital

asked Mar 1 '12 at 23:18

Altuure
103 points

I'm going to start raising funds for my company soon. I already have more than a prototype website and can take payments, but still need to get a little more development complete. I'm undecided on...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 15 '12 at 17:59

Anagio
293 points

I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:28

Msw
21 points

One of the great benefits of the web application business is that startup costs are generally fairly low compared to brick and mortar businesses. Web hosting is getting cheaper and programming...

Funding Venture Capital Website Web App

asked Feb 2 '12 at 04:59

Jason C
41 points