Financing options (STING)
Financing options for early-stage startups (click here)
Webinar :By Maria Ljungberg, CEO at Propel Capital / STING
"This workshop is focusing on different early-stage funding opportunities for startups."\ (keywords: financing landscape, equity and non-equity options, ticket sizes, planning, execution, long term thinking)
Timestamps :
00:28 : Some questions to ask yourself when planning for your financing
02:04 : The financing landscape
02:50 : Soft money - what is it ?
04:28 : Grants
05:02 : Loans
06:02 : Angel investors
09:03 : Venture Capital investors
11:56 : Angels vs. Venture Capital investors
13:35 : What are the investors evaluating ?
21:47 : Planning for your financing
24:12 : Summary
25:17 : Q&A
Soft money - what is it ? (02:50) :
Funds provided by a government or institution for a one-off projet
Non diluting money - use to build value as far as possible
Primarily for ventures
- With academic origini or potentially strong IPR
- Early stage = high risk
- Long time to market