The Complete Guide To Startup Funding

Funding the start-up is one of the biggest challenge for the founders. Various start-ups fail in funding for varied reasons and despite the excellent business ideas and products, the founders are not able to get the funding and fulfil their dreams!This book is not merely a book, but a crash course on start-up funding, where all the practical and critical aspects of start-up funding, and highly specialized guidance about the start-up funding are presented in lucid language. It will be quite useful for the founders, start-up aspirants, start-up advisors, mentors, CA, CPA, CS, CMA, lawyers, financial consultants etc., to deep-dive into the world of start-up funding.The book contains all the aspects of start-up funding such as:Various forms of business entities and most suitable one for start-upsVarious sources of funding and financial instruments for start-upsHow to assess the financial requirements of start-upsUnderstanding and evaluating financial statements and start-up metricsUnderstanding various start-up specific termsVarious types of investors in start-up ecosystemUnderstanding crucial aspects of equity, debt and hybrid fundingDesigning effective funding strategyFinding out the investors, funding process and effectively closing deals with investorsBusiness plan, pitch-deck, financial model, and valuationPractical example of financial modelEffectively closing due diligence processEvaluating the Term sheetLegal documentation and various agreementsVarious investment rounds and investors exitDebt instruments and debt funding processAnd many more practical aspects!