Good practices for finding finance for your growth business Finding finance is the key activity in a start-up and later in a growth company. In the following we discuss a growth path of a company from a pre-seed face via seed and startup and later growth to expansion and sustained growth. According to FiBAN, a
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Good practices for finding finance for your growth business
After reading this article you will..
- Know alternative financing instruments for a startup and growth company
- Know when in a company’s development cycle to consider what type of financing instrument
- Understand what an angel investor is looking for in a pitch
Content
Business and investment planning
- Investment project fundamentals
- Business and investment planning in the forest industry
- Conceptual phase
- Pre-feasibility phase
- Feasibility phase
- Organisational learning in investment projects
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Author:
Ainomaija Haarla, D.Sc.(Tech.), MBA, Independent Director, Advisor, Investor
Professor, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Aalto CHEM (retired)
Dr. Haarla was awarded Exit of the Year Award in 2017 by FiBAN for a successful exit of Gold&Green Foods, a plant-based protein food startup.
References:
- Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN). 2019. Raising a Business Angel Investment.
- Lainema, M. and Talasmaa-Lainema, T. 2011. Enkeleitä, onko heitä?, Denali Oy, Finland.
- Pääomasijoittajat ry. 2018. Näin haet pääomasijoitusta – opas yrittäjälle.
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This page has been updated 15.10.2020
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