Once you’ve narrowed down the list of angel funding sources to those that you want to contact right away, it’s definitely worth your while to spend time getting your introductions … more

Common Angel Investment Terms

There are only a handful of common angel investment terms that you should be familiar with before you go out looking for capital.

You’ … more

Angel Investment Deal Structures

Like doing any deal, angel investment deal structures are all about creating a win-win situation. Once you get an Angel Investor interested in your deal … more

How to Pitch Angel Investors

It’s not that hard to figure out how to pitch angel investors properly. Most of it comes down to common sense and just treating angel investors the way … more

Getting angel funding is just like attracting the girl you want to marry. If you're fat, ugly, and out of shape you're going to have a hell of a time convincing a 10 that you're … more

Business Angels

You will quickly find that there are certain types of deals that buiness angels like to fund. It’s not to say there is a hard and fast rule that if you meet (or don& … more

Angel Investor Groups

Angel Investor Groups are a collection of individual angel investors that come together to source and review investment opportunities. The angel investor group may … more

Profile of an Angel Investor

Your typical angel investor is going to have been a successful businessperson or entrepreneur that is looking to put some of their earnings to work in an … more

What are Angel Investors?

Angel Investors are typically high net worth individuals who invest very early into the formation of a new startup company. The role of angel investors serves as … more

Angel Investor Guide

Finding and pitching an angel investor goes hand in hand with being an entrepreneur. Angel investor capital accounts for the most common source of funding for … more

Common Venture Investment Terms

Digging into the world of venture investment can be mind-numbingly painful with all of the lingo and jargon that surrounds these deals. … more

How to Raise Venture Capital

When you start to raise venture capital for your company you’ll quickly find there’s a common process each venture firm utilizes. … more

Pitching Venture Capital Firms

A fair warning about pitching venture capital firms: No amount of preparation will guarantee that you will raise venture capital. But being un-prepared is … more

How to Find Venture Capital

The first step to find venture capital is to make a smart introduction to the venture capital firm you’re interested in meeting. … more

Searching a Venture Capital Network

There are literally thousands of investors in our venture capital network, but if you're looking purely for venture capital firms (not angel … more

Profile of a Venture Capitalist

Contrary to popular mythology, venture capitalists are just regular guys who make bets on big opportunities like anyone would in the stock market. They do … more

If you understand how venture capital firms work, it'll be pretty easy to know what a venture capital group invests in.

Every company starts with an idea, but when it comes to … more

How Venture Capital Firms Work

It's helpful when pitching venture capital firms to understand the mechanics of how the venture fund itself works. This will often give you an inside … more

Venture Capital Funding

Venture Capital funding is both the most commonly referenced and yet commonly misunderstood form of investor capital available.

Unlike banks or … more

Venture Capital

Venture Capital is one of the most popular forms of investment capital among startup companies. Unfortunately, very few entrepreneurs have an in-depth understanding of … more

The Benefits of Not Raising Capital

Any entrepreneur trying to fund their startup is well aware of the benefits of raising capital. Large cash infusions enable you to reach the market … more

Compress Time

In the popular 1980’s movie “Dune,” man learned that by “folding space” the distance between two points shortened and he could cover those … more

SBA Loans

The SBA helps small businesses that may not be eligible for traditional bank loans by guaranteeing large portions of the loan on the entrepreneur's behalf. … more

The SBA Micro Loans program provides loans up to $35,000 to new businesses or for small businesses focused on growth. The average loan according to the SBA is around $13,000. Micro Loans are … more

Types of Debt Available

There are many different types of debt available depending on the stage of your business, what you need the capital for, how much you need, and your credit history. … more

You are Already Ready

Entrepreneurs often ask themselves when the right time to start a company might be.  They hang around waiting for the stars to align, for their moment of … more

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Startup Priority List

Leading a startup company is nothing like leading a big, established company.  Startups are focused foremost on survival, while big companies direct their … more

Making a Good Introduction

Like any other business situation, your first impression with a potential investor goes a long way. There are a few ways to get it right and endless amount of … more

The Funding Landscape

Entrepreneurs have quite a few options available when raising capital that generally fall into three categories - Bootstrapping, Debt and Equity. … more

Over 300,000 startups have joined Invstor.com to help find funding. Here's why.

Featured Funded Companies

Found our capital and got great guidance. … more

Intro Prep Match Pitch Fundraising Basics Prepare for Funding Find the Right Capital Create a Perfect Pitch   How Fundraising Works Budgeting for Fundraising The Funding … more

This learning center is divided into four sections to help you understand the fundraising process and give you some quick pointers to make your life a little easier.

Intro … more

A Note From Our Founder

This isn’t a welcome letter – it’s a warning.

You’re reading this because you’re somewhere in the capital raising process and … more

Welcome to the Fundable.com Learning Center.

A Note from our Founder

Overview

 INTRO

How Fundraising Works

The Evolution of Investment

Set … more

Creating a Prospect List

Managing your Fundable Plan will certainly involve keeping track of all your potential investor prospects along the way.

The problem you run into as you … more

The Email Pitch

In today's world, you're likely going to pitch far more investors through an initial email than you will in person. A great Email Pitch won't necessarily get … more

Traction

Traction is the very heart of a startup. When you're building from scratch and trying to convince the world that your idea has merit, the proof of your ability as an … more

Formation

Getting your house in order is easier to do than ever. There are now tons of low-cost services you can find online to get you up and running very quickly.

The … more

They say it takes money to make money. Well, it often takes money to raise money. Even small investments in these assets can go a long way toward making your fundraising campaign far more … more

Getting through the fundraising process means knowing what to expect.

Chances are, you haven't done this before and there's no possible way to know what to expect! Don't … more

The Evolution of Investment

While it would be great to launch your new company with a mountain of freshly injected cash, that's rarely how companies get started. Sure, you read about … more

How Fundraising Works

Fundraising is incredibly easy. You just call a few investors, tell them how great your idea is, and they write you a check. If your idea is really good, they don& … more

Private Equity is a type of investment typically reserved for companies that have already grown to a larger size and are looking for a particular growth or exit strategy that isn't available through … more

Venture Capital is one of the most popular (and misunderstood) forms of a capital. These are the guys that you saw investing in Facebook and are often thought about as the holy grail of … more

Angel Investors are typically high net worth individuals who look to put relatively small amounts of money into startups, typically ranging from a few thousand dollars to as much as a million … more

Equity

Equity investment means you're trading funding for a stake in your company.  Unlike a debt provider like a bank or lender, an equity investor isn't looking for a simple … more

An acquisition loan is used for the purchase of a business or franchise with a proven track record. Many of the criteria that are required for an acquisition loan are based on the collateral of the … more

Financing for commercial real estate can be allocated based on property value, credit history, and supporting collateral offered on the loan. Loan sizes vary widely from several hundred thousand … more

If your business is looking for capital for specific business equipment such as office furniture, machinery, or other capital assets that are exclusively for business use, specialized equipment … more

Hard Money Lenders are lenders that offer specialized financing for real estate-backed loans. Unlike traditional banks, Hard Money Lenders typically charge higher interest rates because they back … more

A traditional bank loan (not the SBA-backed kind) looks a lot like a traditional consumer loan for a car or a home. Unlike SBA Loans which tend to be smaller and slightly subsidized, a traditional … more

A Business Line of Credit (LOC) shares many of the same characteristics of a traditional credit card, although the amount of credit issued is often much higher. Lines of Credit are typically used … more

Accounts Receivable Financing (or Factoring) allows you to use the receivables of your customers as the collateral for a loan. This is often used by companies who have a long waiting period for … more

A Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) leverages a business’s credit card sales as a form of collateral toward acquiring cash immediately. How a Merchant Cash Advance Works The key to a MCA relationship is … more

The SBA helps small businesses that may not be eligible for traditional bank loans by guaranteeing large portions of the loan on the entrepreneur's behalf. These loans are generally available … more

Debt

The most common form of outside capital for new businesses is Debt.

Debt is a great tool for a small business if you know where and how to use it. … more

A relatively new form of funding has become available to entrepreneurs in the last few years - crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is the concept of using a public offer to help solicit funds for your … more

Although they certainly don’t get credit for it (pardon the pun), American Express, Visa, and MasterCard have funded more startup companies than every venture capital firm combined! The personal … more

Sweat Equity is created when you or others contribute work to a business in the hopes that it will pay off in terms of an interest in the company as opposed to hourly or salaried wages. You may … more

Next to an entrepreneur's personal savings, Friends and Family may be the most significant source of capital for startup companies. Raising money from Friends and Family often has nothing to do … more

Bootstrapping

Contrary to what many believe, most businesses don't get started by way of a big investment from some deep-pocketed investor.  Most businesses get started by an … more

The SBA MicroLoans program provides loans up to $35,000 to new businesses or for small businesses focused on growth. The average loan according to the SBA is around $13,000. Interest rates range … more

How the Pitch Process Works

Preparing to pitch investors is about having all of your pitch materials in order.  Most investor introductions follow a common sequence of events that … more

Key Pitch Assets

Once you have your Fundraising Plan and your Pitch List together, it's time to make sure you have all of your key pitch assets in order.  Most of these assets are … more

What are Investors Looking for?

It’s the age old question - "What are investors looking for?" Unfortunately there is no universal answer here. The obvious response is " … more