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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. While my portfolio is primarily centered around consumer internet as well as enterprise SaaS startups, I typically talk to two to three hardware startups each week. Here’s the advice I give these teams who are navigating the tough world of hardware financing. Look at crowdfunding options.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups. Likewise, early-stage investors may not appreciate just how much follow-on support their portfolio companies will need.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. I want our associate to have empathy for the customers we serve — our portfolio companies. Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. Not my problem.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Patent trolls purchase portfolios containing patents and sue companies for infringing them. Law firms that focus on emerging technology companies understand their legal issues from multiple perspectives and offer excellent advice.

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

Here are the most common reasons for investing in startups: Potential large returns on investment. Diversification of business portfolio. Business acuity. Enhancement of retirement-related investments. Vision for contributing to societal change. Rationale for Startup Investments.

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What’s the problem with too much funding?

Version One Ventures

With the influx of seed money, much has been written about the fact that start-ups that are taking far more funding than they need. However, as an investor watching my portfolio companies and other start-ups in the market, I can see how large rounds negatively impact the culture of budding business.

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