This is the stages of raising funding in a well developed startup ecosystem. I mean we don't have this in Kuwait

1. Fund
raising
rounds
in
startups
Amount
of
Funding
When
a
startup
raises
money
it
0es
the
amount
of
money
being
raised
with
0me,
number
of
new
employees
and
other
related
costs.
A
startup
should
raise
a
round
for
a
period
of
0me
between
12-­‐18
months.
The
other
variables
(No.
of
new
employees
and
other
costs)
are
highly
unpredictable
and
dependable
on
the
performance
of
the
startup.
Moreover,
the
idea
will
most
probably
change
drama0cally
during
the
startup
life
and
will
end-­‐up
being
something
completely
different
than
the
ini0al
idea.
Growing
Stage
US$300M
• Most
of
the
money
is
spent
in
acquiring
Private
Equity
Series
C,D
new
customers
Late
stage
VCs
Building
Stage
• Building
the
team
to
run
the
business
US$10M
• The
funding
is
spent
in
Angel
group
building
the
product
to
Early
stage
VCs
Series
A,
B
be
able
to
support
a
bigger
base
of
Searching
stage
customers/users
US$100K
• Customer
discovery
Angel
investors
• Changing
and
Incubators
Seed
stage
modifying
idea,
Family
and
friends
product
and
business
Bootstrapping
model
Time
US$20K
3-­‐6
months
18-­‐
24
months
3-­‐5
years
1
Done
by
Abdullah
alshalabi
–
ashalabi7@gmail.com