Presentation exploring various funding options.

1. Funding Options
Presentation by Remi Solarin
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2. 1. Business Plan
2. Private Funding
3. Government Grants
4. Business Loans
5. Equity Finance
6. Idea to IPO
7. Crowd Funding
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Content

3. Business Plan
• Product / Service
• Team
• Market
• Opportunity
• Implementation
2 Documents: 1. Selling idea 2. Figures & Projections
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4. • Savings
• Family
• Friends
• Consulting
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Private Funding
*Consider future investment: are they Accredited Investors

5. • Rigorous application process
• Funding competitions (Innovate UK)
• University collaboration (KTP)
• Manufacturing (MAS)
• Tax breaks (R&D)
• Export (UKTI)
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Government Grants

6. • Secured loans (8%)
• Unsecured loans (12.5%)
• Good credit history
• Monthly repayments
• Rates of interest (3.5% - 89%)
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Business Loans
*Government, Banks, Building Societies, Online lenders

7. • Shares
• Valuations
• Exit strategies
• Seed funding
• Angel investors
• Venture capitalists
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Equity Finance
* Enterprise Investment Scheme

8. • Firms that invest in the early stages
• More interested in people v idea
• Invest relatively small amounts
• Incubators exert more control
• Contact, email or their website
• Can provide introductions to VCs
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Seed Funding

9. • Best way to find angels is introductions
• Some angels join together in groups
• Individual angels reputations
• Times at the angels mercy
• Deals vary considerably
• Delays & closing deals
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Angel Investors

10. 10
Venture Capitalists
• Companies that investing peoples money
• VCs only invest in people recommended
• Reputation of the venture capitalist
• With investment comes restrictions
• Vesting ensuring founders have to stay
• Large investment affects founders control

11. Hypotheticalscenariobyfoundersandfounders.com
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Idea to IPO
You
Idea Time Line
100%
Co Founder
Team
50% 50%
Family
£15,000
Family & Friends
37.5% 37.5%
5%
20%
37.5%
£1 m valuation
£200,000
Angel Investor
Seed Round
31.2% 31.2%
16.7%4.2%
16.7%
CEO = £312,000
31.2%
£235,000,000
£2.6 b valuation
Inv. Banker Anyone
Initial Public Offering
17.6%
CEO = £457m
17.6%
9.5%2.4%
30.5% 1.7%
8.3% (-7%)
7% of
IPO
12.45%
17.6%
1st EmployeeVCs
£2,000,000
£4 m valuation
VCs Round
19.2% 19.2%
1.8%33.3%
13.5%
CEO = £768,000
19.2%
10.3%2.6%

12. • Investment from the public
• Ready to manufacture
• Exciting video
• Pre-marketing push
• Can provide market validation
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Crowd Funding
*Kickstarter, Indegogo, Crowdfunder