Fundraising Guide
What’s a Bridge Round of Funding?
Startups in need of additional capital infusion to reach milestones or address financial distress may opt for a bridge round of fundraising.
January 28, 2022
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Fundraising Guide
Fundraising Guide
Is Bootstrapping the Best Approach for Startups?
When deciding between seeking or skipping external funding, startup founders must consider crucial aspects, such as control and scalability.
January 15, 2022
Fundraising Guide
Term Sheets: Understanding the ‘Monetary’ Dynamics
In determining distribution of equity, provisions on price, vesting, liquidation, pay-to-play, employee pool and anti-dilution are assessed.
January 8, 2022
Fundraising Guide
Term Sheets: Understanding the ‘Control’ Dynamics
In identifying power distribution among parties, terms on board of directors, protective provisions, drag-along and conversion are considered.
January 6, 2022
Fundraising Guide
How Investors Evaluate Your Startup
Prominent factors which investors analyze include the startup’s forecasts, product need, scope of scalability, skin in the game, as well as potential risks.
January 3, 2022
Fundraising Guide
Are You Really Ready to Raise Growth Capital?
In determining the need for growth equity, a startup must assess its standing on core aspects such as explosive growth, long-term strategies and product development.
December 30, 2021
Fundraising Guide
Useful KPIs for SaaS-Based Startups
Like any company, Software-as-a-Service startups employ key metrics such as customer acquisition cost, churn rate, and runway in tracking performance.
December 28, 2021
Fundraising Guide
20 Things All Founders Should Assess Before Raising Capital
Before fundraising, startups must first weigh team motivation, growth, negotiating power, risks, fund utilization, and other important factors.
December 27, 2021
Fundraising Guide
An Introduction to Term Sheets
In any investment, negotiations focus on issues and terms under two core aspects: the Economic benefits and the Control which investors gain from the startup.
December 25, 2021
Fundraising Guide
Term Sheets: Frequently Used Terminologies
Understanding terms such as valuation, capitalization table, option pool, and liquidation preference is crucial for startups when reviewing term sheets.
December 25, 2021
Fundraising Guide
Must Go Through Checklist Before You Make an Investor Pitch
When pitching to potential partners, a startup must consider investors’ motivation, customer validation, and marketing strategy, while being specific and well-practiced.
December 15, 2021
Fundraising Guide
Series A Fundraising – Choosing the Right Investor
In finding partners, startups should assess aspects such as investor’s fund size and timeframe, portfolio, industry expertise, and vision alignment.
December 12, 2021
Fundraising Guide
Series A Fundraising – Value Addition Beyond Capital Infusion
Factors like terms of dilution, ESOP plan, investors’ network and domain expertise, and fund size are important for the first VC infusion.
December 8, 2021