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Funding Analytics–How it helps you raise funding

2min read Funding Analytics–How it helps you raise funding Fundraising is moving from a local exercise to a global one.  One can still get a loan from a local bank or an equity investment from a local angel group, but the availability of capital throughout the world awaits those who know where to find it. Investment Analytics shows investors how to make better investment decisions.  Funding Analytics shows entrepreneurs how to find better investors.  By researching the track record and criteria of venture capital funds, private equity funds, and angel group portfolios, entrepreneurs can more accurately target the right investor group for their deals. Funding Analytics includes the current market rate for valuations — always a key decision in negotiation with investors. Analytics shows the best way to approach investors and keep them informed of your progress. Funding Analytics shows which investors have funds ready to deploy versus those who are still raising their next fund. Funding Analytics shows the required due diligence documents and how to build them. Total capital investment throughout the world is over $100 Trillion. The funding is there — to find it you’ll need Funding Analytics. Read More TEN Capital Education Here Hall T. Martin is the founder and CEO of the TEN Capital Network. TEN Capital has been connecting startups with investors for over ten years. You can connect with Hall about fundraising, business growth, and emerging technologies via LinkedIn or email: hallmartin@tencapital.group

How to use Analytical Tools for Startup Investing

2 min read Some investors believe the rise of data analytics will take over the decision-making process for startup investing and that most venture capitalists will be out of a job in the next decade. Data analytics works well in some sectors, such as consumer product goods, because the business models are clearly defined, and analytics can make meaningful predictions. In tech-enabled models, it’s not quite as clear. Data is used to inform the investor, it does not decide for the investor. It’s useful to have additional analytics around a potential investment, but it’s unlikely that data analytics will completely take over. TEN has its own data analytics, which it has developed over the last ten years for identifying fundable companies.  On the TEN Capital Network website, you can see the details of TEN Capital’s Predictors of Funding. With ten years of funding history, we track the results of the investments and understand why most of them succeed; however, some exceptions did well even though they didn’t meet this criteria. Successful Startup Investing Criteria The criteria we found for successful startup investing are: There are two or more industry-experienced C-level leaders The company has a strong competitive advantage. The company is solving a hard problem. In every investment, the team comes first. Competitive Advantage A competitive advantage is more than just a fistful of patents. It’s an advantage that either increases the company’s revenue by 30% over that of the competition or decreases their cost by 30%. A hard problem is a problem that customers will pay for it, and it is non-trivial. The key here is you need both. Many universities are solving hard problems, but there’s no competitive advantage in the sense the market will pay a premium. There are also “execution plays” where a company is out-executing the competition, but without solving a hard problem, it won’t last long. You can read more in the TEN Capital eGuide: How to Invest in a Startup Hall T. Martin is the founder and CEO of the TEN Capital Network. TEN Capital has been connecting startups with investors for over ten years. You can connect with Hall about fundraising, business growth, and emerging technologies via LinkedIn or email: hallmartin@tencapital.group

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