AngelinvestmentsinUkraine:mythsversusreality

Wheretogowithyouridea?

Early stage funding options:• Friends & Family

Early stage funding options:

• Friends & Family

• Seed Capital

Early stage funding options:• Friends & Family

• Seed Capital

• Crowdfunding/Crowdsourcing

Early stage funding options:• Friends & Family

• Seed Capital

• Crowdfunding/Crowdsourcing

• Angel Investors

AngelinvestorFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

Anangelinvestororangel(alsoknownasabusinessangel,informalinvestor,angelfunder,privateinvestor,orseedinvestor)isanaffluentindividualwhoprovidescapitalforabusinessstart-up,usuallyinexchangeforconverDbledebtorownershipequity.

Pros1)fundsyouneed(25K+)

Pros1)fundsyouneed(25K+)

2)experienceandknowledge

Pros1)fundsyouneed(25K+)

2)experienceandknowledge3)takinghigherrisks

Pros1)fundsyouneed(25K+)

2)experienceandknowledge3)takinghigherrisks 4)easierdocuments?

Pros1)fundsyouneed(25K+)

2)experienceandknowledge3)takinghigherrisks 4)easierdocuments?

5)moreopDonstofind/goodnetwork

Cons1)highcostsinequity?

Cons1)highcostsinequity?2)rarefollowonrounds

Cons1)highcostsinequity?2)rarefollowonrounds

3)morelimitsfromangels

Cons1)highcostsinequity?2)rarefollowonrounds 3)morelimitsfromangels

4)acDvecompanyinvolvement?

Cons1)highcostsinequity?2)rarefollowonrounds 3)morelimitsfromangels

4)acDvecompanyinvolvement? 5)“badangels”

Startup Criteria:1)Team

-founders

-employees

-advisory

2)TracDon

-customers

-products

-traffic

Startup Criteria:

1)CommunicaDon

-fastanswers(even«NO»)

-fastpitchanddemo(nolongconversaDonduringmonths)

-otherstartupreferences

Angel Criteria:

2)Documents

-nobusinessplans;noNDA(almost)

-converDblenote(w/CAP)orequitylessthan20%

-nocomplexSHA(useYCSAFEinstead)

Angel Criteria:

Pre-seed investment examples

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