The document serves as a checklist for evaluating various funding options for startups, including incubators, accelerators, angel groups, venture capital, and crowdfunding. It outlines key questions to consider for entrepreneurs when selecting the right investors or enablers to approach for funding. The emphasis is on doing due diligence on potential investors and being prepared with a solid business plan before seeking funding.

1. One Slide Checklist of Investors/Enablers
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Enablers and Investors One Slide Checklist
• Incubators
• Accelerators
• HNIs, informal & formal angel groups; 3Fs (Family/Friends/Fools)
• Seed Funds
• Venture Capital
• Private Equity
• Banks exploring innovative ways to fund SMEs
• Strategic Investors
• Corporate Funds; Family/Business Groups; Indian/Global
– Directly and/or through a special division or subsidiary
– For employees alone or open to public
– As intellectual and/or financial capital with other facilities
• Government supported funds
• Impact Investors
• Crowd funding
• Online funding platforms
• Grants and subsidies
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At the Start: 1st Set of Questions for You
• What are the alternate equity investment and enabling options
available to you? VC/ PE/ Incubation? Other?
• What do you gain from each of these options? What do you have to
give up?
• Do you have a list of names and contacts for the options that suit
you?
• Have you done your homework and due diligence on the
enablers/investors you think may suit you?
– What is their reputation in the ecosystem?
– How have the teams/companies they have assisted and/or funded performed
over time?
• Are you ready to approach them with a convincible idea/plan.
– Have you done homework on your idea/business
– Are you ready for a due diligence and can you defend your idea/plan and key
assumptions during the review process
• Is debt /loan a preferred option to the above?
• What should be your preferred funding strategy?
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Happy Fund Raising
As investors select you with Due Care, do also
select them with Due Care
Good Luck