This document summarizes Aung Kyaw Moe's presentation on raising external funding. The presentation covers:
1. Moe's background and companies in the FinTech industry over 15 years.
2. Early funding from friends, family, and "fools" through informal agreements, then working with angel investors who provided expertise and connections in exchange for equity.
3. Understanding venture capital through incubator programs that teach pitching skills and financial modeling to attract investment from VCs at different company stages.
4. Later funding from strategic investors can lead to mergers, acquisitions or management buyouts as companies grow.
The presentation provides advice on pitching to different investor types and managing the challenges of
1. 15 July 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
Raising External Funding
2. Aung Kyaw Moe
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• Grow up in Myanmar, live in Bangkok, travel across SEA
• Left Myanmar in 1998, arrived Thailand in 1999 for new
opportunities
• Involved in FinTech Industry for over 15 years
• Founded several FinTech companies
• EMBA (06’) — Sasin, Thailand
• ACE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
3. Agenda
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1. Brief Profile & Motivation
2. Early Years (3Fs)
3. Working with Angels
4. Understanding VC (Incubation & pitches)
5. Swimming with the sharks (Strategic Investors)
6. Recommendations
18. Early Years (3Fs) — Family
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1. Describe and Communicate Your Passion
2. Communicate the Plan and Risk up front
Advantages
• They have no choice
• They will always support your idea
Disadvantages
• Your idea may not be good
• You are risking everything
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Early Years (3Fs) — Friends &
Fools
1. Offer official agreement together with handshake
2. Focus on well-connected friends with relevant business experience
3. Don’t ask for more than they can afford
Advantages
• Fast Funding Process
• They will support your idea if things are good
Disadvantages
• They may walk away and ask their money back when things are not great
• Friendship is at risk
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Doing Well = Equity/Shares
Not Doing Well = Loan
Special Supervisor
Early Years (3Fs) — Friends & Fools
24. Working with Angels
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1. Business knowledge, business connections
and entrepreneur
2. Specialized in specific industry
Advantages
• Knows the process
• Relatively fast funding
Disadvantages
• Wants too much equity
• Control
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Working with Angels
2004-2008 2008-Today
1. Help with BOT eMoney License process
2. Recruiting
3. Mentorship and other supports
4. Acquisition
27. Understanding VC — Incubation
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1. Understand financial models and projection
2. Presentation skills (Pitching skills)
3. Familiarize with VC acronyms
4. Opportunities to practice investor pitches
5. Positive criticism and continuous
improvements
6. Understanding of term sheets
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Understanding VC — Pitches
1. Practice makes perfect
2. Repetition, Repetition, Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
3. Good pitch may not receive investment — but, it usually gets second
meeting
4. Pitching different type of investors makes you sharp and allows you to
identify your weaknesses
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Understanding VC — Type of VC
1. Seed Capital — idea
2. Startup Capital — prototype or product; no customer;
3. Early Stage Capital — team; few customers; try to break even;
4. Expansion Capital — well established; expand new product, market;
5. Late Stage Capital — depends; IPOs; Acquisition; etc.