HOW MUCH SHOULD VENTURE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTE TO A COMPANY’S SUCCESS?

Posted on 17. February 202022. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

Venture capital is very important for entrepreneurship and to enable the development in uncertain technologies and business models that take a long time to become profitable. Other funding sources could not take up the risk that VC Funds take, and therefore our businesses and technologies would look very different today if we didn’t have venture Read more about HOW MUCH SHOULD VENTURE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTE TO A COMPANY’S SUCCESS?[…]

RAISING FUNDS FOR YOUR STAGE: How Startup Fundraising is Different

Posted on 13. February 201922. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

It’s now easier than ever been to found a business. The cost of starting a simple online venture is low. This has opened up the possibility for many to become entrepreneurs, and the availability of capital also enables many new ground-breaking ideas to raise the needed funds at the early stages. However, the cost to Read more about RAISING FUNDS FOR YOUR STAGE: How Startup Fundraising is Different[…]

WHERE DO UNICORNS COME FROM?

Posted on 17. August 201822. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

What was once a myth and rarity is now an everyday story. ‘Unicorns’ are private startups whose valuations have reached $ 1 billion +. Reading out the mythological background of the unicorn out of curiosity, the King of Ethiopia claimed that “it is impossible to take this ferocious beast alive; and that all its strength Read more about WHERE DO UNICORNS COME FROM?[…]

STRATEGY PLANNING FOR EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS: How to reduce risks

Posted on 25. July 201822. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

Your ideal financing strategy is closely connected to your milestones. This is an example of milestones for a startup, this does not represent how funding rounds take place in all situations. Funding depends on a variety of factors. It‘s also possible to have multiple smaller seed rounds, as it‘s happening now in the market, and Read more about STRATEGY PLANNING FOR EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS: How to reduce risks[…]

WHERE ARE EARLY-STAGE INVESTMENTS GOING?

Posted on 14. June 201822. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

Smart money from startup investors follows ever changing trends in terms of sector, region, stage, and instrument. Startup investors, including business angels, VCs, family offices and corporate VCs can invest directly into startup investment rounds, or join co-investment funds, syndicates or invest in other funds. Funds are increasingly set up as specialised sector funds. They Read more about WHERE ARE EARLY-STAGE INVESTMENTS GOING?[…]

IS STARTUP FUNDING RIGHT FOR YOU?

Posted on 8. April 201822. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

Funding cycles and the startup story go hand in hand. Planning out the financing strategy is something that many founders overlook. When raising funds, possibilities are limited to the type of company that you have: so it’s very important to know what is available to you before you decide on a strategy, especially if the Read more about IS STARTUP FUNDING RIGHT FOR YOU?[…]

HOW TO START PLANNING YOUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Posted on 9. April 201722. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

There are many potentially great entrepreneurs with valid ideas, but often with little knowledge as to how to take the idea further with the limited resources they have available. Luckily there are now a variety of ways to fund businesses. All these options may be confusing at first. However, depending on the type of business Read more about HOW TO START PLANNING YOUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN[…]

THE PROCESS AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED WHEN APPROACHING INVESTORS

Posted on 15. July 201622. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

The length of the fundraising process varies, no necessarily based on the amount raised, but based on the founders’ and company’s experience. Founders that are very well connected will be able to raise money faster, while startups may find that as their business model becomes increasingly safer and the validation has taken place, funding rounds Read more about THE PROCESS AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED WHEN APPROACHING INVESTORS[…]

HOW THE EUROPEAN UNION INVESTS IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS

Posted on 25. April 201622. May 2022 by Valithea Advisory

Navigating through the countless EU projects for promoting investments into innovative companies can be challenging for entrepreneurs. The reality is that most of the direct financing takes place on a local level – the best source to identify these financial intermediaries that have accessed European funding to finance local companies are listed directly on the official EU database, Read more about HOW THE EUROPEAN UNION INVESTS IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS[…]