VentureCrowd - Australian Equity Based Crowdfunding
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Why Us?
Artesian’s unique co-investment model outsources the
selection, mentoring and due diligence of startups to
partners including accelerators, incubators, university
programs, angel groups and digital agencies.
By outsourcing these processes to its partners Artesian
can scale its investment portfolio far beyond the
capacity of a traditional venture capital firm.
Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund
Slingshot Venture Fund
BlueChilli Venture Fund
iAccelerate Fund
Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund
Slingshot Venture Fund
BlueChilli Venture Fund
iAccelerate Seed Fund
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Opportunity
207,000 amount of assets managed by those
investors
number of wholesale investors in
Australia (Source; AFR)
amount VCs allocated in Australia
across 173 deals to new and follow-
on investments in FY 2012/13
(Source: ABS)
Problem:
$0.3B
Opportunity:
$30B
achieve 0.04% penetration
$684B
$0.3B
amount VCs allocated in US across
3,995 deals in 2013
(Source: PwC MoneyTree)
INVESTOR
PROTECTION ENCOURAGING
INVESTMENT
Key Challenge
Wholesale
Investors
Investor
Universe
Model
As the barriers of entry to starting up rapidly decline the increase in
startup supply is disrupting the traditional venture capital model
VentureCrowd crowdsources a filtered supply of startup
opportunities via cooperative partnerships across the broad
Australian startup community
Targeting the 200,000+ wholesale investors in Australia who
manage $684 billion of assets
Democratise investment by employing low friction mechanisms such as
$1,000 minimum investment, single pooled investment into startup, ‘most
favoured nation’ investment status
Startups are very risky and many fail. The sector is characterised by
an asymmetrical risk distribution i.e. a large proportion of returns
are generated by a small percentage of startups. There are an
infinite number of exogenous factors that can derail an apparently
best of breed startup
Reducing Friction for Startups
VentureCrowd acts as the trustee for
the investors so that startups deal
with one investor, rather than facing
the burden of dozens of new investors
The platform can be used by startups
to raise seed and early-stage stage
investment from friends, family, angels
and their communities
Many startups decline investments
less than $25,000 in their capital raise
due to relatively high administrative
burden.
VentureCrowd provides access to
previously untapped sources of capital
As an online platform VentureCrowd is
geographically agnostic. Startups can raise
from a national audience
Expect speedier rounds. Offshore
experience is that equity
crowdfunding rounds of ~100-200K
generally close in <30 days.
Reducing Friction for Investors
Investors can commit from $1,000 up
into the startups they choose
VentureCrowd is a complementary
investor to others in your round - be
they VC or angel.
VentureCrowd investors receive equal
terms with all other investors in the
investment round
Relative to their investment size, the
costs for angel investors and venture
capitalists to evaluate ideas and teams
are fairly small, but they are
prohibitively high for small investors.
VentureCrowd will, in time, provide
startup investors with a unique relative
value data set
Passive investors see previously
inaccessible deal flow
Partners: Funnel & Filter
• accelerators
• incubators
• angel groups
• digital agencies
• co-working spaces
• venture capital firms
3,000+
startups apply to
partner programs
each year
~200-300
startups are selected
to participate in
partners’ programs
each year
eligible for
VentureCrowd if
nominated by partner
security technology which
allows users to log into
secure sites with just a single
unique TokenOne PIN
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VentureCrowd is now live:
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200+
pre-screened startups via our
partner network
partners including accelerators,
incubators, angel groups, VCs, co-
working spaces & digital agencies
registered
wholesale/sophisticated investors
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