The alternatives with
How to finance my company as a starter?
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1st answer
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Bad Ideas
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Conclusion: Broke
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1 – build a solid business plan
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2 - Test your ideas & find paying customers
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3 – Look for financial Alternatives
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… build trust & provide warranties
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Visit N 2
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Answer N 2
Yes, pls take my money!
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Today: 3 alternatives
CROWDFUNDING BUSINESS ANGELS SUBSIDES
Ask questions & meet the speakers on
Securex Starters Village
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What is Crowdfunding? By Angel.Me
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What is Business Angels? By Business Angel Network
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The platform where capital seeking
entrepreneurs and private investors
meet.
Regional presence
GEEL
Core tasks
•making entrepreneurs and candidate business angels
aware of business angels financing
• informing, training, educating and preparing the
entrepreneurs and business angels
•Establishing contact between entrepreneurs and business
angels (the actual ‘matching’)
•Bringing business angels together for syndication
Business Angel profile
•Wealthy entrepreneurs, executives, families, relevant VC’s
• Investments usually between € 25.000 and € 250.000
•Dispose of extensive networks and specific knowledge
•Passionate about entrepreneurship and investing
•Offer strategic vision and act as mentor
• Invest preferably locally
•Searching for chemistry with the entrepreneur
8. Meer dan geld !
The unique aspect of Business Angels
The two “wings”:
1. Capital
2. Relevant knowhow
Key Success Factors for business growth!
More than just money!
• Banks : do not provide venture capital and demand
guarantees
• VC & PE-funds : mainly interested in larger projects
• Conclusion : the need for Business Angel financing
in start-up fase or growth fase
‘Equity Gap’:
The need for BA-financing
Sweat equity Seed money Start-up Expansion
Entrepreneur, 4 F’s
Business Angel (syndicate)
CF Venture Capitalist
Bank
Prototype Product
introduction Marketing
Expansion
Sales
engineering prototype
Concept
know how
time
research
marketing plan
proof of concept
business plan
production
prototype
1st personnel
start marketing
management team
market studies
working
capital
Product support
helpdesk
maintenance
product
enhancements
regional
market segment
marketing plan
Choice of funding sources
First analysis investment proposition and business plan
Agreement on further procedure
Educate entrepreneurs concerning BA-financing
Draw up anonymous file with core details of the project
Informing business angels of the project via newsletter
Matching events
Feasibility and profitability assessment (by investor)
Negotiations and deal making take place autonomously
between entrepreneur and investor (dealmaking support possible on demand)
Procedure
Added value for the entrepreneur
Contacts with experienced (ex-) entrepreneurs
More chances in finding “smart money”
Lower search costs
Feedback from the network team and from the
business angels
Education sessions
Alternative financing source
Discrete approach
Which sectors ?
Which amounts ?
Median amount requested in 2013: € 250.000
Median amount invested in 2013 : € 136.000
Stage of company
Synergy:
Government actions
Pre-seed Start-up Early-
growth
High Risk
Low Risk
Win-Win
Loan
50.000 €
BA+ Loan
Participatiefonds
Max. 125.000 €
Arkimedes
500.000 €
Vinnof
100k-250k €
Expansion Seed
Participatiefonds
Optimeo
Participatiefonds
Starteo/
Starters loan
B.A.
Ignace LOOTVOET
Regional Manager BAN Vlaanderen vzw
Hendrik Van Veldekesingel 150/7
3500 HASSELT
Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ban.be
Contact
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Beside private investors, Public Help, premiums & Subsides
Creation – Growth – Innovation – Internationalisation - Transmission
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Public interventions: Various types, amounts & origines
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Public interventions: Various types , amounts & origins
Free guidance
Training costs
Investments
Refund
Bank warranty (caution)
Refund during study
fase
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Public interventions: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Idem in Flanders
Consequence? Low level of knowledge + Time consuming task
• Entrepreneurs making use of the public helps
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Our Solution: Peace of mind & time sparing
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• Personalized overview & guidance www.securex.be/subsides
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