COMPETITORS

Modern & professional design!

Control Who Sees What

Share Documents Securely
Track Investors Activity
Discuss, track, review & share deals

Blog!
 

No individual investments (yet), only investment organisations

https://gust.com/companies/gustcom

$ 2B
60% US
8% India
5% Canada

COMPETITORS

More about connecting

Jobs

Invest in syndicates - allow investors to co-invest with angels and VC’s, in exchange for carry
Design, easy to use, professional

 

Less about funding

Less curation -> lower average quality startups

Last 12 months:
$154M
395 startups funded
+3000 investors

COMPETITORS

Min investment £ 1000

Startups need to prove they can find funding (25%) before applying

Free for investors

Investor's academy
Various domains - transport, sports, tech, health, ...

 

Takes 3 weeks after submitting before angels can invest
Design

£ 42M since 09/2013

COMPETITORS

Tons of investors

Take care of the legal stuff

 

30 days to reach your funding target 

UK startups only

Expensive!
Success fee: 6.5%

Administration: £ 1250
Corporate services: £ 1250
Payment fee: 1-2%

Financial forecasting: £ 1250

£ 140M

250K investors
364 companies funded

£ 400K avg

COMPETITORS

From idea stage to publicly listed companies

Equity & convertible loans: starts at €10

Funds: starts at €100

Seedrs acquired Junction Investments and will expand to the US

 

Investors pay 7.5% on profit

Startups pay 3.75% on raised funds

£ 100M

Partnership with ING BE

COMPETITORS

Applicant acceptance rate: ~ 1%

Funding from $ 100K - $ 50M

Free for investors

SeedInvest Fund co-investment per deal: $ 200K

 

 

Success fee: 7.5%

Warrant coverage: 5%

Marketing, legal, ...:  $4000

16K investors

55 companies funded

 

COMPETITORS

NeoScores raised € 530K on Bolero

Raise max € 5M

Start investing at € 25 

Success fee: 6% (success = raising 100% in < 80 days)

Transaction fee: 1.9%

€ 15M- 50 companies - 30K members

Live crowdfunding events
Expensive?

COMPETITORS

Offline matchmaking for startups and investors

Only Rabobank customers

Offline matchmaking

We bring startups and investors together

Focus on funding

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Focus on connecting

Funding + connecting

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Funding

Startups

Online pitch: movie, pitch deck, financial information

Create online investment rounds

From seed funding to Series A/B/C

Pay success fee: 3-6%
Additional services: Legal help, accounting, ... 

Investors

Free!

Start at € 100

Both Individuals and investment firms

Track, review & share deals

Premium investors

Connecting

Startups

Create business page

Add team members, advisors, investors

Connect with investors

 

Extra's:
Online Recruiting/Jobs?

Angels

Create personal page

Connect with businesses

Sharing insights and advice

Academy / Learn to invest

Ideas:

Success fee on raised capital! (free for investors)
Extra services: legal advice, cooperation with accountant, …
Blog! Guest bloggers who share insights about trends, domains, …
Refer other investors and earn £250 to invest
Jobs / Recruiting
Create business page even if not looking for funding
Investor’s academy: learn how to invest like the angels
Automated matchmaking / personalized deals
Automated portfolio: Angel.me InvCl builds a diverse portfolio for premium investors

V1:
Subscribe + confirmation -> Collecting investors data

Send personalized confirmation mail

 

V2:
Startups apply online
Investors login & see who's looking for funding

Send personalized deals by mail -> matchmaking

 

V3:

Investors invest online

Startups create business pages, add team members,... -> connecting

 

Angel.me Investors club

By Jens Ivens

Angel.me Investors club

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