Understanding funding, an overview of Canada's funding ecosystem
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Are You Fundable?
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Types of Funding
Financial
Motivation
Expected
Return
Expected
Revenue
Business
Model
Key
Consideration
Tax Credits Pre-defined na na na Tax Law
Grants Societal na > $0 Reasonable Best In Line
Public Loans Societal 5 - 10% > $0 Reasonable All Factors
Private Loans ROI 5 - 20% > $30K Security Assets & CF
Angel Investors ROI >15% <<$100M Believe it Cash to CF+
Venture Capital ROI >25% > $100M Traction Time to Exit
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Systematic Funding Steps
Commercially Viable Product &
Market?
Cash-in-hand?
Gov’t funding? (tech, young, hiring)
CF history of assets?
Apply for gov’t funding
Seek cash injection 1. Love money, angel 2. Bootstrap
STOP
Apply for bank loans
Additional capitalization
Seek Angel or VC
Yes Yes Yes
No
No No No
Build team
Core Team?
No
Yes Yes
No
Yes
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At Each Funding Step
Identification / Validation
• Up-to-date, comprehensive system
• Validate before pitching/application
Pitching (Application)
• Prepare (executive summary, deck, financials)
• Execute
Closing the Funding
• Make sure to close
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Traditional
Funders
Entrepreneurs
Internet
Bots Dedicated
Researchers
Advisors
Funding Identification
Fundica - Leveraging Technology and the Crowd
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Pitch Deck Content
Structure Your Content
• Problem you are looking to solve (simple, concise)
• Market potential (size and growth rate, metrics)
• Your solution (advantages, value to add)
• Business model
• Go to market strategy
• Competition
• Financial projections
• Existing structure and progress to date
• Funding sought
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Pitch Format and Q&A
Presentation
• Be yourself, engaging, prepared
• Concise, complete, clear message
• Slides - max 15 slides, min font size 18
Question and Answers
• Focus on questions, do not repeat presentation
• Okay to say “I am not sure”
• Concise, short answers
• Allow time for multiple questions
• Build rapport
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Closing the Funding
Understand the Investor
• Understanding the investor’s motivation and limits
• Learn about the investor’s past
Build Respect
• Always create deal competition
• Share information and build trust
• Allow for reasonable give and take
Move the Deal to Close
• Patiently move deal towards closure
• Trigger reasonable close dates
• Find funding then structure deal
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Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
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Executive Summary