Book Description

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-ups • Various sources of funding and financial instruments for start-ups • How to assess the financial requirements of start-ups • Understanding and evaluating financial statements and start-up metrics • Understanding various start-up specific terms • Various types of investors in start-up ecosystem • Understanding crucial aspects of equity, debt and hybrid funding • Designing effective funding strategy • Finding out the investors, funding process and effectively closing deals with investors • Business plan, pitch-deck, financial model, and valuation • Practical example of financial model • Effectively closing due diligence process • Evaluating the Term sheet • Legal documentation and various agreements • Various investment rounds and investors’ exit • Debt instruments and debt funding process • And many more practical aspects!