During my exploration and 22 years of experience across 138 counties serving Infrastructure, Energy & Electric or Hybrid (Hydrogen-Electrical) Mobility domains. I have strategies-presented-secured-delivered projects funding for a minimum tune of 5M USD to 6.47B USD funded by the following Investor types:
- Accelerator: An accelerator takes a set amount of seed equity from a number of young startups in exchange for capital and mentorship. Accelerators will bring a cohort of start-ups into an on-site program that lasts three to four months. At the end of the program, companies will ‘graduate’ from the accelerator program and may present their company to potential investors at the respective accelerator’s Demo Day.
- Angel Group: An angel group is a network of angel investors who invest collectively in small startups or entrepreneurs. They typically invest in angel, seed, and sometimes Series A rounds.
- Corporate Venture Capital: A corporate venture capital firm is an arm of a corporation where the investment funds come from the corporation, providing capital to invest in innovative start-up companies.
- Co-Working Space: A co-working space is a company that provides a shared working environment for teams working typically for different employees, typically in an office. No equity is taken from companies that work in a co-working space.
- Entrepreneurship Program:?An entrepreneurship program is a more broadly structured initiative that works with founders to advise, provide monetary or non-monetary resources, and grow new startups. It does not necessarily take equity or place specific requirements on its companies.
- Family Investment Office: A family investment office is a fund of an ultra-high-net-worth investor family. They typically make one-off investments.
- Fund of Funds: A fund of funds is an investment strategy where firms hold a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in bonds, stocks, or other types of securities.
- Government Office: A government office may invest in startups in their municipality, district, state, or country. They may or may not take company equity in exchange for capital and/or mentorship.
- Hedge Fund: A hedge fund is a private investment partnership for wealthy individuals or institutions. They invest in private equity or late-stage venture rounds (Series D or beyond).
- Incubator: An incubator brings in an external team to manage an idea developed inside the incubator. An incubator will also take a larger amount of equity than accelerators.
- Investment Bank: A bank that purchases and resells newly issued shares to investors. When they do invest directly in companies, it will typically be in Post-IPO Equity or Private Equity rounds.
- Micro-VC: A micro-VC invests in startups and typically has a fund size of less than $100M. Micro-VCs are a Venture firm focusing on early-stage seed and Series A investments.
- Pension Fund:?A pension fund is an employer-sponsored plan that provides employees with retirement income. Typically, employers contribute to a pension fund account, tax-deferred, over time. Employees are then able to receive pensions through withdrawals at retirement.
- Private Equity Firm: A private equity firm is an investment management company. When they do invest in startups, it is typically in the private equity or later-stage venture rounds (Series C and beyond).
- Secondary Purchaser: A secondary purchase is a purchase of stock in a company from a shareholder rather than a purchase directly from the company. This can happen before a company goes public and is typically private.
- Startup Competition: Startup competitions are held by various companies, government offices, and firms. The prize for many startup competitions will be capital with no equity component.
- Syndicate:?A syndicate is a group of lenders who form to provide what’s usually referred to as a “syndicated loan” to a borrower. Forming a syndicate is advantageous because it spreads the risk among multiple lenders, and the borrower (most likely a company, government, or unique project) can carry out a transaction it wouldn’t be able to on its own.
- University Program: Many universities have programs dedicated to entrepreneurship. Their services range from supporting entrepreneurs with capital or mentorship.
- Venture Capital: Venture Capital firms invest in startups at various stages, ranging from seed to Series A and beyond. Venture Capital firms take equity in exchange for capital, seeking to invest in firms from the earliest stage of Series A to later stages as the company grows. Venture firms typically lead only a single round and cede to other investors for the next round to avoid conflicts of interest in pricing the next round.
- Venture Debt: Venture Debt firms provide capital in exchange for a loan (plus interest) to be paid back later.
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