Venture Capital Funding

Venture Capital Funding - Get capital for your company's growth.

Typical Investment Criteria is: Your business should have annual revenues of approximately $5 million to $35 million, and have some history of operating profitably.

Your business may be in any industry. The industry may be either mature or fast-growing.

Your business should be capable of becoming a leader in a growing market niche and achieving annual revenues of $10 million or more in a five-to-ten year time period.

Particularly attractive to venture capitalists are market niches where it is possible to:

Transform companies into growth businesses through the application of technology or capital equipment or Combine fragmented market participants and achieve economies of scale.

There is usually a minimal amount of information to begin the evaluation process with a venture capitalist. Here are some items that they will need from you:

Your company history and description of the business.

Your historical financial information (including summary profit and loss statements and balance sheets) for at least the past three years.

A listing and description of your product lines or services you offer, along with any available product, marketing or service brochures.

Resumes/biographies of all your key personnel.

A description of the current ownership structure.

Getting A Small Business Start up Loan

The sense of pride and joy of running your own small business cannot be over exaggerated. Many of today’s largest and most successful companies started out in someone’s kitchen or workshop and became a raging success and household name. But it can be a struggle to start a small business alone, especially financially. Prospective business owners may already have learned this when they began to seek a small business start up loan.

The benefits to receiving extra funding from a small business start up loan are many. An owner can quickly get his or her business idea up and running. The extra cash can be used to purchase, lease, or renovate a building. An owner can advertise his or her concept in a variety of forms—banners, newspaper or radio advertising, starting a website, and getting new business cards. Additionally, an owner can get new equipment, tools and other items necessary. Extra funding can help a business owner make a big impact at first, and give a good first impression to his or her customers. A great beginning is key to the success of a new small business—and a small business start up loan can help attain just that,

Unfortunately, it is not so simple when it comes to the loan process. Potential business owners are quickly discouraged when lenders impose a long list of requirements that are difficult or impossible to meet. Detailed business plans and collateral requirements are the two biggest setbacks when it comes to obtaining business funding. And many loan processes take weeks or even months!