Meaning of funds and its types - Sources of funds - Business Plan - Start-up Valuation – , Business Incubators for New Start-up.
Investment landscape - Raising start-up capital - Key Terms - New Venture Finance - Deciding the best business structure for a start-up.
Concept of Angel Investors - Importance - Stages of Financing - Approaching Investors - Pitch Deck.
Concepts - Seed, Start-up, and Early Stage Financing - Expansion Financing - Replacement Financing - Vulture Financing - Process to raise seed capital.
Handholding: Legal Support, IPR, Exit Process Funding & Incentives: Fund of Funds, Credit Guarantee, Tax Exemptions Incubation: Industry / Academia partnership, Grants, Organizing events
Reference Book:
1 Pranabananda Rath & Sarjue Pandila, ‘Entrepreneurship: Startup India & Stand up India’, Lexicon Publishers, 2017. 2 Robert A. Finkel,‘The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital Hardcover’, 1st edition, McGrawHill Education, 2010. 3 David S Rose, ‘Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups’, 1st edition, Wiley, 2014.
Text Book:
1 Guy Rigby, ‘Types and Sources of Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: An Instant Guide’, Harriman House, 2016. 2. Mahendra Ramsinghani, ‘The Business of Venture Capital’ 2nd edition, Wiley, 2014.