Some entrepreneurs may not be familiar with raising institutional capital to grow their businesses. Expansion plans beyond common organic growth are typically dependent on personal investments from company founders, friends, family, and occasionally from banks or the government.
Even in regions where it was once scarce, venture capital (VC) is becoming a more important option to raise new money – especially in high growth sectors such as technology. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs do not know how to present an investment opportunity to institutional investors or what to expect from them aside from their financial investment.
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization, is one of the largest corporate venture programs investing in the technology segment. Its experience has shown that during the analysis and negotiation phases, entrepreneurs often have questions regarding the practices of Intel Capital and other potential co-investors.
In an effort to help explain this way of doing business, Intel Capital has put together a partial checklist as well as some explanatory discussion. While incomplete, this may help offer some guidance on the decisions and preparation prior to approaching investors with a proposal.
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