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Fundraise Challenges

1 min read When beginning your fundraise, you will quickly find that there are fundraise challenges at every stage. That said, the challenge for each round of the raise can be very different. Seed At the seed round, the challenge is to convince the investor you can sell the product. At this stage, investors look for evidence that you can build and sell the product to customers. Customer interactions are important because it demonstrates to investors you are already in discussions learning about the customer’s needs. It’s helpful to have a list of twenty such customers and highlight your interactions with them and show your plan to build the product and close them. Series A At the Series A round, you must convince the investor you can grow the business. At this stage, investors look for evidence that you have systems in place for growing sales and building products. They look for processes that create a repeatable, predictable outcome. For example, your customer acquisition process shows a consistent conversion rate. Series B At the Series B round, you must convince the investor you can scale the business. At this stage, investors look to see you are now working on programs and processes that take your customer acquisition, sales, and product building to a new level. Read more from TEN Capital: http://staging.startupfundingespresso.com/education/ 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

The Various Types of Fundraises

1 min read A common misconception among startups is that when they are looking to raise for investment, they have the total raise for the life of the startup in mind. It’s a big picture way of viewing things, when in actuality, it is better to look at the chapters rather than the whole story. Approaching the investment, the startup needs the total sum in mind. In many ways, it is biting off more than you should be chewing at the time. A bit more focus here is vital. The ideal way to approach raising for investment is by breaking the raise into smaller chapters and smaller bites, which means focusing on smaller rounds. By doing this, the founder no longer has to spend an excessive amount of time on the fundraise process. There are some things to consider when breaking the raise down into rounds. Below is a guideline on how to break up a startup fundraise into tranches.  Family and Friends Funding $10k to $100k Pre-seed $250k Seed  $500k to $750k Seed + $500k to $750k Series A $1.5M to $3M Series B  $5M+ When going through these rounds, it’s essential to know that if you raise too much money, too early in the life of your startup, you will find yourself giving away too much equity. To avoid giving up too much equity, stick to raising in stages. Read more: http://staging.startupfundingespresso.com/education 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

The Top Ten Fintech Investors in Texas

The top ten fin-tech investors in Texas include Austin Ventures, Seven Rosen Funds, Houston Angel Network, Mercury Fund, Mark Cuban, Silverton Partners,TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group), Texas Venture Labs, Maverick Capital and Capital Factory. These companies have invested in over 1,362 deals collectively. Company Name Number of Investments Headquarters Location Austin Ventures 363 Austin , Texas  Sevin Rosen Funds 205 Dallas , Texas Houston Angel Network 185 Houston , Texas Mercury Fund 120 Houston , Texas Mark Cuban 90 Dallas , Texas  Silverton Partners 85 Austin, Texas TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) 84 Austin, Texas Texas Venture Labs 81 Austin, Texas Maverick Capital 75 Dallas, Texas Capital Factory 74 Austin, Texas Total 1,362      

Top 10 Texas Big Data Ventures from 2016

Big Data continues to see strong growth.  In 2015 there 462 deals funded at $5.6B. Big Data companies in Texas raised $284M in 2016.   Of the top 10, Austin has 6 companies totaling $210M as follows: Company Name Total Funding Headquarters Location Civitas Learning $88,949,999 Austin, Texas, United States Continuum Analytics $45,000,000 Austin, Texas, United States Dachis Group $37,500,000 Austin, Texas, United States Worksoft $32,000,000 Addison, Texas, United States CognitiveScale $25,000,000 Austin, Texas, United States PROS Holdings $25,000,000 Houston, Texas, United States UpSnap $9,900,000 The Woodlands, Texas, United States ImageVision $7,519,000 Anna, Texas, United States UnaliWear $7,100,000 Austin, Texas, United States InforcePRO software $6,551,147 Austin, Texas, United States Total $284,520,146    

Top Texas Seed Ventures from Q4 2016

Top fundings for Q4 of 2016 were led by CognitiveScale, Medici Technologies, Phunware, Twyla, and Trendkite with the top ten fundings totaling $176M. Company Name Money Raised Announced On Date CognitiveScale $25,000,000 10/4/2016 Medici Technologies $24,000,000 11/28/2016 Phunware, Inc. $22,000,000 11/1/2016 Twyla Inc $19,000,000 10/13/2016 TrendKite $16,300,000 11/4/2016 DiCentral $15,000,000 10/4/2016 Ranzure Networks $13,000,000 10/11/2016 ES Xplore $12,000,000 12/7/2016 Tiff’s Treats $11,000,000 11/1/2016 Catapult Health $10,000,000 11/2/2016    

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