In recent years, Austria has experienced an increase in angel investment activity, becoming a thriving venture capital market and continues to grow despite the recent global economic recession.  Austria is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and provides very accommodating conditions for potential investors. One of the more appealing incentives to start a [...]

$37.4 million funded from venture capital today. $86.4 million funded yesterday. $51.4 million funded the day before. These are actual reported venture capital funding projects. They are a constant reminder to me that lots of companies are being funded every single day.

Venture capital and ‘angel’ investment seems like an attractive alternative to personal loans – you’re asking opportunity seekers to invest their money in your business in exchange for a share of the profits. While it can cost you more in the long run, it means that you won’t be borrowing money as a loan that needs to be paid back whether your business makes a profit or not.

Often the media portrays the best source of capital for a start-up company to be venture funding. Therefore, many people think that venture funding is the only source of start-up capital. This is not true, funding from SBIR grants to bank loans to credit cards is readily available.

You have a great idea or maybe have started a company and need some capital to support your revenue growth. You think that the best source for the fund-raising will be venture capital or maybe an angel investment. You have mapped out your fund-raising strategy and are at the point of writing your business plan. You want to write a business plan that will succeed in bringing in the needed funds.

As an angel investor or venture capital investor, you are always looking for the next big investment. In our current environment, as always, there are many deals looking for seed capital. Most of us who qualify as accredited investors or qualified investors know, that most of these venture investments will fail.