This presentation discusses funding opportunities for startups. It is divided into three parts. Part I defines what a startup is. Part II outlines various sources of funding for startups, including savings, friends and family, government grants and loans, angels, venture capital, incubators, and crowdfunding. Part III explains how to develop a startup project, including creating an idea, prototype, business model, and developing tools like an elevator pitch, executive summary, and business plan to seek funding. The presentation provides information on Italian and European funding programs and concludes with a question and answer section.

1. Speaker
Salvatore Modeo
salvatore.modeo@gmail.com
Funding opportunities
for start-ups

2. Agenda
Intro
 Presentation
 Motivation
Part I - Start-up
Part II - Funding sources
Part III – How does it work?
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3. Presentation
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4. The crisis…
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5. Whose fault is it?
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6. Stop Complaining
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7. Roll up your sleeves
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8. Motivation
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9. PARTE I
What is a start-up?
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10. Start-up
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11. Start-up
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12. The Start-up life
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13. PARTE II
Fundraising
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14. Fundraising
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15. Funding Lifecycle
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Savings
Friends & Family
Government Grants/Loans
Angels
Angel Groups
Venture Capital
Seed Funds
Institutional Equity
Loans / Bands
Discorvery
Proof of
Concept
Product
Design
Product
Development
Manufacturing
Delivery
Idea
Pre-seed
Funding
Seed
Funding
Start-up
Funding
Expansion
Operating
Cap.

16. Funding Lifecycle
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17. Savings
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18. Friends & Family
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19. Government Grants
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Scholarship
Grant
Loan
Co-financing

20. Government Grants
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21. In Apulia
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22. Grant & Awards
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23. Grant & Awards
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24. Banking/Leasing
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Loan
Training
Competition
Meeting

25. Banks and Opportunities
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26. Business Angel
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27. Business Angel
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28. Venture Capital
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29. Venture Capitals
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30. Incubator
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31. Incubator
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32. Crowdfunding
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33. Crowdfunding Platform
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34. Strategic Partners
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35. PARTE III
How does it work?
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36. Start from an idea…
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37. …create a prototype or a product…
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38. …build a business model….
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39. Team
Goals
Activities
Resources
Costs
Funds
…develop a project!
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40. Tools of trade
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Elevator Pitch
(1 min)
Pitch (5-10 min)
Executive
Summary
Business Plan

41. 60 Minutes of work
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42. Recap
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43. Questions
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44. • Qui vedrei bene….uno sfondo tutto grigio,
il logo MRS centrale…e i contatti….
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