Venture Capital

Avoiding Legal and Financial Traps
Avoiding Legal and Financial Traps

Prize Surprise
Contrary to popular belief, winning isn't everything. But for companies that are trying to raise money, winning may be the ...

All Venture Capital Articles

• Prize Surprise

Entrepreneur.com - Contrary to popular belief, winning isn't everything. But for companies that are trying to raise money, winning may be the first thing. Across the country, business plan ...

• A Conversation with Peter Fenton

BusinessWeek.com - Focus narrowly and win over users. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist offers his advice to entrepreneurs looking to fund their tech startups

• Speaking From Experience

Entrepreneur.com - Trying to get VC funding is a lot like dating, Michelle Madhok says. "No one ever rejects you. After you go on a certain number of 'dates,' you start to realize they ...

• Show Me the Moneymen

BusinessWeek.com - A buzzy Web site brings scrutiny to the previously secretive world of VC investing

• Impress Potential Investors in 12 Steps

BusinessWeek.com - To convince investors to fund your business, you'll need to address their chief concerns. Here's how to craft a presentation to do just that

• The 2008 Venture Capital Outlook

BusinessWeek.com - VCs want to ride the momentum from NetSuite's Dec. 20 IPO into the New Year and cash out of companies they've held in their portfolios for years

• Top Factors that Attract Investors to Young Companies

Take Command - The top factors that entrepreneurs should strive to include in their business plans to raise money fast

• Where to Find Investors for Healthcare Companies

Take Command - Leading venture funds that invest in innovative healthcare companies

• Insider Tips for Expanding Your Venture Fund Solicitation List

Take Command - Best time-saving strategies to increase business funding opportunities in the US and Japan

• How to Get an Introduction to Top Venture Funds

Take Command - Strategies to open doors to leading technology, consumer products, healthcare, internet, and clean tech investors

• Are European Investors an Easier Sell than U.S. Investors for Startup Companies

Take Command - Tips for entrepreneurs to find business capital from European investors

• 4 Ways to Keep a Big Stake in Your Company

Take Command - Insider strategies for negotiating with venture fund and angel investors

• Send Me an Angel

Entrepreneur.com - While angel funding is most commonly used for startups, some investors do fund follow-on rounds of financing for established companies, says Stephanie Hanbury-Brown, founder and ...

• Deadly Legal Mistakes

Entrepreneur.com - Dipankar Ganguly feels like he's been handcuffed, metaphorically speaking. Three years ago, Ganguly and a colleague set out to revolutionize breast cancer screening and ...

• Funding Capital-Intensive Companies

Entrepreneur.com - What if you have a great idea for a company, but to launch it you need a huge amount of capital, say $10 million to $15 million? First, for this column to work, make sure your ...

• Finish Line

Entrepreneur.com - Mike Walrath, 32, founded Right Media Inc. in 2003 as a New York-area consulting firm for buyers and sellers of internet advertisements. It wasn't long, though, before he ...

• Perfect Match

Entrepreneur.com - Lightfull Foods & Prolog Ventures Smoothie-maker LightFull Foods was cooked up at 2-year-old Bay Area incubator Brand New Brands in May 2006. The San Francisco ...

• Risky Business

Entrepreneur.com - If small businesses are any barometer for the rest of the land, then things are looking up for the remainder of 2007. According to a Wells Fargo/Gallup survey of entrepreneurs in ...

• Keep Your Second Round of Financing in Mind

Entrepreneur.com - In the mad rush to close the first round of financing for your startup, it's easy to forget how your first-round investors will fare during subsequent rounds of financing. One ...

• When Angels Go Bad

Entrepreneur.com - After more than 20 years of helping entrepreneurs raise money, I've found one thing to be almost universally true: They don't care where the money comes from as long as ...