The Motley Fool

JUNE 30, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash In the vast ocean of funding opportunities, small businesses might find themselves adrift. To find the right federal innovation grant, start at Grants.gov, which provides a comprehensive database of available funds. Tailor your application to highlight how your business aligns with these goals.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

I know that isn't a great stat to start an article about funding your startup, but it's important to go into business with a clear understanding of the risks. Grants can also be very competitive, with far more applicants than funds to go around. There are several ways to get your startup off the ground without selling the farm.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2024

Image source: Getty Images My friend Jeff wanted to start a food truck business and had read a lot about crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. Kickstarter was only one part of his refined funding plan, and this time it worked. Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is a relatively recent addition to the small business funding toolkit.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Get a loan One of the first places to turn to when looking to fund a business is through a lender. Banks like to see a track record when making a business loan and start-up funding loans are often more difficult to obtain because there is no track record. Crowdfunding is newer and altogether different.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With all of those applications, many people are going online to find answers about starting, funding, and running small businesses. Small business loans There are lots of different ways small business owners can fund a new business. Small Business Administration (SBA). But before you apply, you'll need to get a few things set up first.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.".

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. A lot of people have asked me over the last year what I think of crowdfunding. Call it fate, call it luck.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Want to start a business but don't have VC funding or access to a business loan ? Stories of startups with million-dollar funding seem to dominate our newsfeeds, but overall venture capital volume is actually falling. Early-stage funding was down more than 40% year over year in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Start-up funding is essential, as is operating capital. But the fact is, there are many ways to fund a business, including small business loans , crowdfunding, and microfinance options. It takes money to launch a business. As a result, many people feel they simply do not have enough to launch.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2024

You might capitalize on carbon concerns by creating eco-tourism projects closer to home. One route would be to help legitimate eco-friendly businesses access the funding they need to grow. Another might be crowdfunded loans for solar panel projects. Or climate-focused insurance, carbon accounting, reforestation, and more.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

Also too, you have a ton of private equity capital that's going out there and looking to take on loans that maybe regional banks won't want to take on. There's still a lot of capital flowing into real estate, maybe not the speed it was in 2021. I think that does present an opportunity for institutional capital to continue taking share.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

It's very fashionable these days of crowdfunding and party rounds to go out, tell a good story to individuals, and piece together a lot of cash from a lot of folks--with no investor in particular really taking any responsibility for advising the company.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 28, 2019

While some of those offerings were scams or worse , many of the ones that are being investigated by the SEC are serious projects, started by some of the top cryptographers and computer scientists in the world, and backed by the leading token funds and venture capital firms in the US and around the world. You can do so here.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Name the building in New York City that played host to Run-DMC's last show that also gave birth to three companies that got venture funded in the last year.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Feb 24, 2020 Bird by Bird Albert Wenger — Feb 24, 2020 Coronavirus and World After Capital. They are back with the Rocketbook Orbit which is a “legal pad” that saves your work to the cloud. I backed it this morning.

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

Several types of investment opportunities are available, from traditional stocks to crowdfunding campaigns. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Our current fund, the Women’s and Children’s Health Technology Fund, is a health impact fund. We are also seeing funds of funds launching with similar priorities. As a venture capital investor and venture advisor, she worked with high-impact companies to mobilize more than $100 million in non-dilutive capital.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

Matt Argersinger: Really opening, like you said, doubling that app, clicking a few buttons, buying an index fund, maybe putting 100 bucks in there a month. You look at things from capital appreciation, stocks, ultimately they have the potential to increase in value over time. What kind of capital, what kind of experience?

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Private Capital Investment in Latin America

MARCH 4, 2025

DEALS > UNICORN SoftBank Group and Dynamo led a US$190m Series E round in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from VELT Partners, Brasil Capital, and Brazilian family office Lakewood Investment Management, and follow-on from monashees and Flybridge Capital. Acumen led a US$4.5m

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

There was no venture capital, you know, there. Initially, it was started in 2005 and it was called Revolution, but it was just my capital. A little over a decade ago, we decided to open up to outside capital. One is Revolution Growth, which was our later stage fund. We had to raise money from other places.

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