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- 1. A guide for First-Time Founders Raising Capital for Startups" Image: @TaxCredits
- 2. Hi. I am… Bryan Starbuck Former CEO & Founder of TalentSpring (Acquired in 2010) Currently: CEO & Founder at SPARKON.com BryanStarbuck@hotmail.com
- 3. My talk 1st The Key to Pitching 2nd Managing the process
- 4. Your pitch will cover the common bases but…There is something critical to cover
- 5. Image: @5imon Investors start off pessimistic Interest Start Make this happen Low High
- 6. Image: @Theodore Scott This is what investors expect A company targeting a $40m to $80m year business model
- 7. Image: @Theodore Scott 95 of 100 companies go after too small of a market
- 8. Image: @Theodore Scott This is what they want Able to reach > $100m rev for Angels. VCs want > $400m or > $800m
- 9. They don’t care about the rest of your business Until they TRULY BELIEVE the market size is big enough
- 10. Focus on WOWing these 4:" There is a REAL & significant problem for the customer"1" 2" 3" 4" This company has a real solution. " No other solution exists in the market" People will pay " (this company’s prices)" This is a HUGE market"
- 11. After that, demonstrate that the rest is rock solid
- 12. 2nd Part: Managing the fund raising process
- 13. Process with Angels" Pitch & Demo" They review Financials" Due Diligence (If angel group)"3 Get all of their questions answered"4 Rapport & trust"5 Sign legal docs & close, close, close"6 2 1
- 14. ! VCs: A single VC firm" ! Pitch & demo! ! Meeting #2 to #4. ! ! Sometimes with others at the firm! ! Present to Monday partner meeting! ! Get term sheet! ! Negotiate & sign term sheet! ! Sheppard details until big stack of legal docs signed!
- 15. ! Important (1 of 2)" ! Herd mentality:! ! If they see other investors moving and they might lose out, the investor will move! ! True for both Angels and VCs! ! You need to force enough demand from investors to get the deal closed! ! Have polished pitch deck, pitch and financials! ! Angel groups are good outside of the bay area! ! Quote from the bay area, “Pitching to a bay area angel group is a sign of a bad company”!
- 16. ! Important (2 of 2)" ! Get a rent-a-CFO for Projected financials:! ! $150 to $270 per hour! ! 3 to 7 hours to create very detailed projected financials! ! Asked for a fixed price project! ! Get a very high quality one. They don’t cost very much more!
- 17. ! The “process” – aka many VC " ! Progress in batches of ~6 VC firms! ! Hold first meeting! ! See which progress! ! Start another batch as a smaller number progress to later stages! ! In 2 months, work to have several batches progress so more than one arrive to a term-sheet! ! More than one greatly improves chances of any funding and improving terms! ! After 4 months, VCs will have heard about you and likely think you are a “stale deal”. Then meeting with them will likely be ineffective!
- 18. ! Pre-Money Valuation" If raising under $2 million…! If raising over $2 million from VCs:! ! Often valuation above PLUS capital raised! ! Investors get ~33% to 48% of round!
- 19. ! Lessons about funding" $1m to $2 round is often better than a $500k round! Funding goes hot and cold! ! Startups are cheap to run early, but…! ! So it costs $50k to $70k per month! "Year 1! " " Fund raising is hard! Near impossible!" "Idea !Validate! !Alpha !Beta !Launch! !Traction Building! "Year 2! "Small traction !Medium Traction ! !Huge traction / Profitable! Raising your series A after your Seen round closes!
- 22. Finding Angels" ! AngelList! ! BEST: Great advisors and your network! ! Top big law firms can make some intros! ! It is hard to scale, but doable. (Lots of work)! ! Requires tons of networking! ! Often with CEOs who have raised capital before! ! Move to the bay area for 5 months! ! Linked-In! ! Tons of scouting for people who fit the profile!
- 23. Finding VCs" ! Research to find WHICH ones you want to target first! ! Very important: Pitching VCs who don’t match will block raising capital! ! Find ones that work at your stage, industry, etc.! ! Easy to find the list of VCs. TheFunded, AngelList, etc.! ! Top startup law firms can make intro, as a backup! ! Intro from CEO they funded is the best! ! Target the right partner. ! ! Start with Partner and above. Not associates!
- 24. ! Pitch-Deck" ! The Alliance of Angels pitch deck may be the best template!
- 25. THE END" " Q & A"