You have a great idea for a start-up business and you are, probably, short on capital, so raising money is your first concern. You are going to need outside investor groups, therefore you need to know the difference between angel investors and venture capital firms.

What are your expectations when you sell your business idea to a venture capital firm for a business loan? What about when you look for a venture capital firm for investment purposes? While both aspects may seem pretty self-explanatory, there’s more to both than they appear to be. A venture capital firm is actually a [...]

Business investors are individuals, typically entrepreneurs or former executives themselves, who provide funding for small business start-ups. They’ll do this in exchange for a stake in the company and the hope of a high return on their investment, and usually expect a degree of ownership or control over the business. Business investors will typically provide [...]

Venture capital is money provided by professionals who invest alongside management in young, rapidly growing companies that have the potential to develop into significant economic contributors. Venture capital is an important source of equity for start-up companies.

This article describes the differences between venture capital and private equity.

There are more than 20 sources of funding for a business venture or idea that is cash strapped. From bootstrapping to taking your company public through an IPO (Initial Public Offering) you can take a company from the garage to Wall Street.

During the last thirty years, merchant bankers have drafted and polished to perfection the requirements for investing successfully in high-growth private companies. Here are some practical lessons that you can apply to your business or profession.

One of the best ways to finance a business is with investors. Not banks. Not family. And definitely not loans from other non-banking organizations. However, I recently heard something about getting investor financing that made me think twice about exactly what kind of investor financing is best.

Venture Capitalists are often called Vulture Capitalists and until you read the book: Confessions of a Venture Capitalist, Inside the high-stakes world of start-up financing by Ruthann Quindlen; well you probably will never understand how they got that slanderous title. In the book Ruthann explains what it was like working in Silicon Valley in a Venture Capital Company prior to the dot com bubble burst.

Many ventures are faced with the challenging task of raising venture capital. The first part of this process is finding the right venture capital firm (VC). While this may seem simple, it isn’t. There are thousands of venture capital firms in the United States alone, and going after the wrong ones is one of the most common reasons why companies fail to raise the capital they need.