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Crowdfunding For Equity: Title III and Equity Crowd Funding 101

Business Plans and Crowdfunding

What is Equity Crowdfunding? Equity crowdfunding is on the rise after the signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was signed by President Obama in April 2012. Simply put, it is a type of crowdfunding that enables broad groups of investors to fund startup companies and small businesses in return for equity. Three […]

Furry Innovation: Pets Are Startup Businesses New Best Friends

It’s no denying it, we love our pets and we’re willing to spend countless amounts of money in order to enhance their health, happiness, and even appearance. According to the American Pet Products Association an estimated $58.5 billion was spent on pets in 2014. With nearly $330 million on pet costumes for Halloween alone. From […]

The Correlation between A Startups Seed Round and Series A Round

The Correlation between Your Seed Round and Your Series A Round from The Startup Garage

Here at The Startup Garage we are often asked, “Has it become harder to raise capital for Startups nowadays?”   The answer is, yes and no. On the one hand, the total dollars invested in U.S. startups in 2014 reached its highest point since the dot-com boom in 2000, according to Bloomberg. On the other […]

How To Determine Market Traction For Your Startup

How To Determine Market Traction From The Startup Garage

The major thing to know about the first few years of funding a startup business is that in order to attract investor capital you must accomplish certain milestones. Accomplishing milestones helps to reduce the risk associated with the startup venture. Investors are constantly assessing risk when evaluating a startup and obviously prefer those that assume […]

Angel Investments Soar in the U.S. Along with the Tech Coast Angels

Angel Investments Soar in Q1 along with Tech Coast Angels

The Q1 2014 Halo Report was released recently by the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights In a collaborative effort to raise awareness of early-stage investment activities by angel investors the Halo Report researches and analyzes angel investment activities and trends in North America. This quarter’s report card will one most investors […]

How Long Does It Take to Raise Capital?

How Long Does It Take to Raise Capital? from The Startup Garage

Welcome to video Fridays from The Start Up Garage A place where Tyler Jensen, The Startup Garage’s founder, answers questions directly from viewers Key Take Aways From Video: 1) The average time is somewhere between three to six months for both you Angel round and your Series A round. 2) It really breaks down into […]

Mistakes to Avoid When Pitching to a VC

Venture Capital Mistakes to Avoid from The Startup Garage

Avoid the “How Embarrassing!” Moment No one wants to look dumb — especially while requesting a significant amount of money. As a growing business, it is important to have a firm grasp on the capital raising process — especially if your goal is expansion. The number one concept to understand about Venture Capital is that it is […]

What to Know about Venture Capital

What to Know about Venture Capital from The Startup Garage

What to Know about Venture Capital Venture Capital (VC) firms collect money from a collection of wealthy individuals, insurance companies, educational endowments and pension funds.1 These assets are allocated over a portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. Typically between 5% — 10% are assigned to “Alternative Investments.” The alternative investments are the high-risk/high-reward class […]

Building a High-Tech Startup Team

Building a Tech Startup Team from The Startup Garage

Aligning the Startup Team Strategy with the Capitalization Strategy The single most important factor to raising capital for any tech startup is the management team.  This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding.  A bonafide team is the assurance that the idea can be executed and that the business can […]

Seed and Series A Technology Funding Report

Capital Raising Trend Report from The Startup Garage

Tech Seed and Series A Medians and Averages Show Little Change Despite some notable early-stage Juiced and Jumbo Series A round investments in tech firms such as GitHub and Clinkle, the average and median Seed and Series A transactions are showing little change. Juiced Series A deals typically range between $8M and $15M.  Companies raising this type of […]