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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FinSMEs

MAY 9, 2024

SorbiForce, a Phoenix, AZ-based company which specializes in sustainable battery technology, raised $340K in Crowdfunding. The company intends to use the funds to continue patenting and begin the certification process, optimize manufacturing processes, expand its expert team, and scale production.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

According to the FBI, criminals often used emails, fake social media accounts, websites, cold calls, and even crowdfunding campaigns to pull off the scam. The FBI says criminals may pretend to be your boss, requesting that a lot of gift cards be purchased for a company event.

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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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FinSMEs

JANUARY 4, 2024

in Seed funding. This seed funding also included a crowdfunding raise of over $3M. The company intends to use the […] The post Annabella Raises €8.5M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs. The company intends to use the […] The post Annabella Raises €8.5M

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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.

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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FinSMEs

AUGUST 15, 2024

Levels, a NYC-based provider of a software platform that shows users how food affects their health, raised $10m in Series A Extension funding. The round included $3 million in crowdfunding from more than 2,000 investors, as well as investments from Long Journey, a16z, and others.

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FinSMEs

JULY 10, 2023

AtomBeam, a Moraga, CA-based data compaction software company, surpassed the $3M goal in its crowdfunding campaign. The company intends to use the funds for continued growth, allowing for further research and development, expanding partnerships and scaling operations.

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FinSMEs

MAY 6, 2024

Winston, a Tilburg, the Netherlands-based provider of a hospitality POS system, raised €600K in funding. Backers included angel investors, including Collin Crowdfund CEO Jeroen ter Huurne. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth both domestically and internationally.

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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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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Lendo, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, raised SAR 105m ($28m) in Series B funding. The round was led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), with participation from Shorooq Partners, AB Ventures and other investors.

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FinSMEs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

EarthGrid Public Benefit Corporation (EarthGrid PBC), a Richmond, CA-based plasma boring technology and infrastructure development company, raised $30m in seed funding. The $30m includes more than $3 million from a crowdfunding on NetCapital where 1,514 individuals invested between $100 to $165,000.

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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. You are in good company! 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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Protect the nest egg One crucial piece of advice: Do not dip into your retirement savings to fund your new venture. Your retirement funds should be considered sacrosanct. You need to consider other funding options like small business loans, crowdfunding, or even partnerships. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

Ok, so it doesn''t *entirely* suck--you get to meet tons of interesting people, you help build companies, you have the potential to make lots of money--but there are a lot of parts of it that outsiders don''t think about that aren''t particularly glamorous and can be downright frustrating. Well, let me be the first to tell you.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

The company provides contextual political data to media properties (Crunchbase for politics) and in turn uses that reach to provide actionable insights for campaign managers. I think there are five key lessons here that put the company in the position to succeed that they're in now: 1) Find a lead. It wasn't just a slight tweak.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2024

Whatever your reasons for becoming an entrepreneur, building your own company takes time and energy. 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. You might even help startups access green business bank accounts.

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FinSMEs

JULY 14, 2023

Craft Gin Club, a London, UK gin subscription service, closed an £800k first crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Over 700 investors participated in the campaign.

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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. But that has not worked.

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Online formation services, for instance, can be used to launch a limited liability company, corporation, or partnership from home. This guide from Able Futures will tell you how to put your entrepreneurial plans into action, find the funding you need, and get your business up and running in no time. Accion Opportunity Fund.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Our portfolio company Kickstarter is running a cool crowdfunding event called Shapeshift that is focused on “bold new products made from recycled materials.” ” You can see them here and back the ones that are interesting to you. I did that this morning. Here is one of the Shapeshift projects I backed:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our portfolio company Mirror has been using a “game mechanic” called The Write Race to onboard users to the Mirror service. Mirror is something between a blogging platform, a crowdfunding platform, and a community platform, built for the crypto sector. Imagine your DAO wants to distribute funds to worthy crypto projects.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

Since the pandemic we saw all the challenges that a lot of companies ran into in 2020, 2021, and they're looking to bring some of that manufacturing home, trying to increase their inventory levels. E-commerce, which we've known about for decades now. But also this more recent trend of supply chain optimization or redundancy.

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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. Commercial space is a problem in Brooklyn--there just isn't enough of it in the areas where people are building interesting companies, and the amount of it is shrinking.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 27, 2020

Both are on GoFundMe (which happens to be a USV portfolio company but that is just a coincidence here). A Million Masks For NYC – This one was started by a bunch of folks in the NYC tech sector and has raised from individuals (like me) and NYC tech companies. I have given to both of them. You can give here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 10, 2020

Ameelio is a nonprofit tech company seeking to break the prison communications monopolies and provide free communication solutions for prisoners and their friends and families. They have a Kickstarter project up right now and I backed it today.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I backed this project to fund a creator space and coffee shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn this morning. As many companies make the decision to move to hybrid and remote workforces, we will need more of this kind of space to work in. I am excited to see entrepreneurs stepping in and filling that role.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 17, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Lauren Young — Jul 9, 2020 Collecting Diversity and Inclusion data for your company Albert Wenger — Jul 8, 2020 Restoring Discourse (Won’t Be Easy). It’s about kids learning to love who they are. It is a message that we all need to hear right now.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 7, 2019

As expected, the SEC sued USV’s portfolio company Kik this week. I believe that crypto networks are different than companies and that crypto tokens are different than securities. These legal assumptions stretch the Howey test well beyond its definition, and we do not believe they will withstand judicial scrutiny.

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

Why Invest In 3D Printing The 3D printing industry comprises companies providing products and services capable of manufacturing a range of products. Diversification By investing in companies at the forefront of 3D printing, you can potentially reap significant returns in the long run.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 3, 2020

Second Chance Studio is a nonprofit digital media company that trains and employs formerly incarcerated individuals. My partner Nick blogged about this Kickstarter project yesterday and I immediately backed it. You can back their Kickstarter project here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 9, 2019

Last month our portfolio company Kickstarter invited project creators to “ break conventions, but not our rules ” and create campaigns that were different from the traditional Kickstarter campaign. There are 99 “break Kickstarter” campaigns live on the platform now and I featured one of them last week.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

I really like it when the CEO of a company uses the product or service publicly. The reference for the artwork will be all nostalgia from my childhood, specifically cartoon and video game characters that I loved growing up, reimagined as squids. I backed Aziz’s project today.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 17, 2020

Start with the goals Nick Grossman — Jan 16, 2020 Leap Albert Wenger — Jan 16, 2020 USV and the Climate Crisis Dani Grant — Jan 16, 2020 Wren John Buttrick — Jan 13, 2020 CoverWallet, now an Aon company.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Annie Thériault, Managing Partner, explains how ESG and impact considerations are key to the firm’s investment processes… How are you and your clients integrating ESG considerations into your firm’s decision-making processes, and what steps are you and your clients taking to ensure ESG factors are effectively managed within portfolio companies?

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The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

They go up against Bigger Pockets CEO Scott Trench and Dave Meyer, the company's VP of Market Intelligence. 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. Chris Hutchins, host of All the Hacks podcast, is our moderator.

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