Every startup founder dreams of landing a meaningful amount of investment. While it can be tempting to simply accept checks from anyone, your investor choices can destroy your dreams or become a source of strength to fuel your success.
Continue readingVenture Funding – Phases and Investor Types
The goal of this resource is to provide an overview of the venture funding stages as well as different types of investors typically investing at those stages.
Continue readingAngel Investors Networks: How They Work and Where to Find Them in Southeast Asia (SEA)
At FFA we help tech startups and scaleups in raising their funding rounds. We have been successfully active in Southeast Asia (SEA) and wanted to share some insights and examples on Angel Investors Networks in the region.
Continue readingWhy investors WILL NOT fund you and what to do about it
At FFA we help companies in preparing for their next funding round and we developed a well-tested investment readiness methodology based on 10 elements. In this Resource we are looking at internal and external failure factors in fundraising and provide some guidance.
Continue readingDid the Bubble Burst? A Turning Point in VC Investments (2015)
Recently (2015) there have been a lot of hefty discussions about the bursting of the startup bubble, with VCs limiting drastically their investments and activities. It all started with a Report by the National Venture Capital Association showing that in Q3 2015 US VC firms raised $4.4bn, a whopping 59% decrease to the previous quarter and a 33% slowdown from Q3 2014.
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