As an entrepreneur, it's difficult to get angel investors and venture capital financing. Equity crowdfunding is changing the game for entrepreneurs so they can raise capital easier and faster.

1. @marvinador
Equity Crowdfunding:
The Future of
Startup Funding

2. Founder, CEO of Thrivera
P&G 18 years: Brand Manager, Sourcing
Manager, & Leadership Developer
Investor: FRAMERI, Wyzerr, and BStow
Advisor: VR EducaLon, Datazar, ZidZid, &
The Grocery Runners
Hello, I’m Marvin
@marvinador

3. Entrepreneur Obstacles
We’re on a mission to help entrepreneurs get funded and into growth stage.
Investment

4. Entrepreneurs need to Brand, Fund, & Grow their ideas.
Brand Go-­‐to-­‐MarketFund

5. But… You Must start with Great Vision

6. Moonshot Thinking: Power of 10X
Big & Bold
Transformational
Futuristic
Inspirational
“It’s often easier to make something 10 times
better than it is to make it 10% better”
- AstroTeller Head of Google X

7. Occupy Mars
Photo: Bloomberg Business 2015

8. ✤ You have this idea. It may be a really cool idea
So You
have an
Idea?

9. Creating a Product is only the First Step
You need capital to Scale it!

10. The Fundraising
Journey Begins

11. Bank

12. ✤ Earn >$200K a year
✤ >$1M net worth
✤ Wealthiest 3% of society
Angel Investors

13. Venture Capital
Multimillion Idea
10x return on investment
IRR of 25%

14. It’s really hard to raise capital

15. Ohio Statistics 2015
• 20.7K entrepreneurs
• 167 venture funded
• 0.008% chance
• <2% Women & AA

16. $1B gap in Capital
There aren’t enough early-stage
investors in Ohio. The imbalance leaves
many great startups underfunded or
having to go outside the region for
funding.
See Ohio Venture Report 2015

17. Title III - Regulation Crowdfunding
Startups can now raise up to $1Mfrom everyday investors

18. Creative & Artistic
Rewards based
Prototype & Validate
Technology & Business
Equity or Revenue Share
Grow & Scale
EQUITY CROWDFUNDINGvs.

19. Revenue Share
10% of revenues | 1.5X investment amount
Cincinnati’s Queen City Brewing will pay investors 10%
of gross revenues until 100% of your principal is
returned plus 50%.
INVESTOR PERKS
$500+ Receive a personalized pint glass that’s
on-hand whenever you visit
$1,000+ Receive a stainless steel mug with your name
engraved in. It will hang on the taproom wall & your
first fill is on us!
EARLY BIRD BONUS
Be part of the first $100K to invest $5K or more and we'll
name a beer after you.
INVEST IN CINCY’S
QUEEN CITY BREWING
79
$103,705
investors
raised of $100K-$1M goal
$100 min INVEST
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20. ECF enables 97% of
everyday investors to
participate, opening up a
fresh pool of capital for
startups to access.
Equity Crowdfunding is
Democratizing Venture Capital

21. Access deals reserved for the wealthy
Have equity ownership in a startup
Engage in a startup ecosystem
Break the Monopoly of the Rich

22. Since May 2016
20 companies have successfully raised capital
3 for >$1M
24.4% Success Rate (i.e. 2-3x better than Indiegogo & GoFundMe)
$810 Average investment size
Is Equity Crowdfunding Working?

23. Vision: Ohio will be the Silicon Valley of the Midwest
BUT our entrepreneurs don’t have enough access to capital
Greater Cincinna8 is the midwest’s fastest growing large
economy with close to 2,500 startups in our region

24. Hypothesis: Build a hyper local equity
crowdfunding plaDorm for local startups
and everyday people will invest in them!
@gothrivera

25. 75%
Angels invest in
companies within 100
miles of their location
Everyday People want to Back Local Startups

26. @gothrivera
What if you could invest in
the hottest new startups too?

27. BREWERY?

28. BOUTIQUE?

29. TECH COMPANY?

30. The Future is Robo Investing

31. Want more info?
Text your email to
513-601-9350
Marvin Abrinica
marvin@thrivera.io www.thrivera.io

32. Marvin Abrinica
marvin@thrivera.io
513-­‐601-­‐9350
Brand. Fund. Grow
@gothrivera