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7 Ways to Find Startup Funding

StartupNation

If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. Angel investors are wealthy individuals looking to put seed money into a venture. Pitching to an angel investor is a great way to validate your business, and there are many angel investor groups across the world.

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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space

Angel Capital Association

More than ever, angel investors play an important role in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges, and they level the playing field in ways that support socioeconomic situations and diversity. For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. What is unique about us?

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. Power Pitches.

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Investors, Entrepreneurs Prepare For ACA 2021 - Summit of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Investors and entrepreneurs from the Pacific Northwest and around the world will reunite in Portland and online May 4-6 for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing! There will be a mix of local angels, entrepreneurs and luminaries, and a handful of top ACA members from other cities.

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How NZ entrepreneurs can up their capital raising game

NZ Entrepreneur

In the first of a three part series on early stage business investment, we asked serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie what three key things New Zealand entrepreneurs must get better at when it comes to seeking angel investment. I made my first investment in the stock market when I was 12 years old.

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How would you break down the process of raising an angel round of investment in 5-10 steps?

Gust

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. Understand your business.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. Pitch perfect, you might think. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.

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