Fund Attraction

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My thoughts and techniques on fund-raising for social investment.

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Text-book fund raising

Nice proposal Find contacts (web + conference) Send \ Wait \ Follow Persist . Do it again.

tough luck :~)

Know thy need.

How much ?

For what ?

Really ?

Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ?

Don’t raise fund you don’t need. Period.

My funding maxim

There is no free money.All investment come with strings attached.

What do they WANT?

What do you HAVE to give them ?

Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ? Really ?

if u r wrong, u r dead,

Bad name spreads like wild-fire.

or... you might still get LOTS and LOTs of money.

BUT... doing things that you DON’T CARE.

at their mercy, costing you unrecoverable part of your life-time.

Distraction money is evil.

Raising too much, too soon, is also evil.

It kills startup’s flexibility.

THINK IN-KIND

1. What CAN be done without money ?

2. What CAN’T be done without money ?

office spacecomputersaccountingweb sitesequipments.....

Don’t only BEG,think BARTER,think PARTNERSHIP.

I’ve found that 30 - 70 % of start-up cost can be done away.

Choose the right pots..

GRANT

EQUITY

OthersDEBT

Positioning

IMPACT (tools..)

Logical Framework

SROI

Emerging field:

Creative Finance for development

Social venture capital

Aavishkaar 6M+ social venture capital in India.A-Goodwell 25M+ VC for MFIs startups in India.Calvert Social Investment Fund 20.4 M world-wide.Thailand.. coming soon!

Social investment banking

ResponsAbility, 500M+ SwitzerlandBamboo Finance, SwitzerlandIntelliCap, India

P2P financekiva.org

Social equity market

Final thoughts

Nothing substitute superior

performance