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Entrepreneurs
Venture Capital Profile
What do venture capital firms want?
- Companies with proprietary products and services.
- Trademarks, Patents, copyrights, exclusive distributorships are typical traits for a company to be considered for Venture Capital.
- Financial requirements vary but on average Venture capital firms look for exit returns of 20 to 50 percent per year. Which in many cases mean completing a public offering in 3t to seven years.
- Industry preferences and focus are on telecommunications, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, software, hardware, biotechnology, media, consumer products and services.
- Funding is usually done in stages
Seed Stage- Riskiest pre startup money used for feasibility studies, market testing, and forming the business.
Start Up Stage- Funds used to build the company and continue product development
First Stage- Organization is in order funds needed for Marketing or manufacturing
Later stage - Called Mezzanine or Bridge financing
Second Stage Company is fully operational, products or services are being sold funds are needed to expand. Company may not have turned a profit at this stage of development.
Third stage funds are needed for major expansion typically the company has made a profit or is at a breakeven at this point.
- ·Geographic Preferences-Usually within 2-3 hours of the firms office but could as far away as Indonesia or Japan.
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