Resources for Start-ups

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.

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1. Equity structure
Common stock
Stock options
Convertible debt
Series A Preferred Stock (convertible to common stock on IPO/sale)

2. Investment Cycle - Overview

Seed Funding
Angel Investors
Venture Capital (VC, Ramp Up)
Exit (via IPO/sale/M&A, Management B/O, ESOB - Employee B/O)

3. Investment Cycle - Details

Seed Funding
FFF (Friends, Family, Fools)
Angel Investment/PPO
Gust
AngelList
Angels Den
Super Angels
Private Equity/VC

Spray and Pray, VC: Exit at 000s multiple (size)

Draper Fisher Juverston

4. Accelerators--->pitch/demo
Y Combinator
500.co
TechStars
Seedcamp
Startupbootcamp
SOSV
4YFN fair
Entrepreneur First
Corporate Accelerators/Intrapreneurship (Internal Startup)/Corporate VC
Warya
5. Incubators and Inculators
TecHub
AngelPad
Nine Plus
Sector-specific

Energy Saving Trust

6. Listing (IPO)
Microcap and Noancap in OTC

7. EU SME Funds
Horizon 2020 for ICT

FIWARE Accelerator Program

COSME
Eureka
Eureka's Eurostars
EIF WB EDIF
CIP guarantees
FP7 7th Framework Program
COST
SME Instrument
Links to EU programs
http://www.smallbusinessfinance.ie/start-your-own-business/category/eu-funding
http://www.eustartupservices.eu/eu-funding-opportunities-for-entrepreneurs/
http://ec.europa.eu/contracts_grants/microfinance_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/small-business/finance/index_en.htm
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/about-startup-europe
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/better-access-capital-lower-barriers-success
http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/funding-grants/access-to-finance/
http://www.welcomeurope.com/european-subsidies-beneficiary-SMEs.html
http://www.eu-startups.com/

8. Other countries and Multilateral International Financial Institutions

Russia's International Assembly of Business Angels (Eastern Europe)
EIB
IFC
EBRD

9. Microlending/Microfinancing/Microcredit

Mozhnosti
MYC4
Kiva
MyELEN
Opportunity International
Microloan Foundation
United Prosperity
Vittana
Grameen Bank

10. Crowdfunding/P2P Financing

Kickstarter
Indiegogo
GoFundMe
RocketHub
Peerbackers

11. Equity Crowdfunding (JOBS Act)

GrowVC
EquityNet
Circle Up
Microventures
OfferBoard
OurCrowd
Crowdentials
OneVest
SeedInvest

CrowdCube
Seedrs
BankToTheFuture
SyndicateRoom
Investiere
Companisto
FundedByMe
Crowdfunding Portal (German)
iCrowdFund
Fonlabeni

12. P2PLending and P2PInvesting ---> securitization

Zidisha
Zopa
Funding Circle
RateSetter
Bondora
Omaraha
Lendify
ToBorrow
GiveTake
Lending Club
Lendico
Resource
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/6106-equity-crowdfunding-tips.html

13. Alternative Lending

On Deck
Kabbage
Prosper.com
Lendit Conference

14. Vendor/PO Financing/Factoring

Fundbox
Taulia
Tungsten Finance
PrimeRevenue
Orbian
Demica
ASYX

15. Product Presales Resource

16. Donate/Pay As You Will - Examples
17. Intellectual Property
18. Business Plan Competition Find one!

19. SBA/SBIR/STTR Grants

Resources
http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2013/03/06/10-more-creative-ways-to-financeyour-startup/
http://www.cnbc.com/2012/05/25/11-Ways-to-Finance-a-Start-Up.html
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/1733-small-business-financing-options-.html

Wikipedia Pages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_angel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_crowdfunding_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_crowdfunding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_accelerator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_incubator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_lending
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit