Nic has already answered the question “Is venture capital right for your company?” Today, I’m going to look at some alternative sources of finance. The key ones are revenue, government and banks

Entrepreneurs are often unclear about how much money they should raise in a round. There are two opposing schools of thought.

‘What is my business worth?’ is a question every entrepreneur and investor asks themselves all the time. Nic Brisbourne of DFJ Esprit provides some answers.

This week, Nic Brisbourne explains what you can do to accelerate the capital-raising process, which mainly means finding ways to reduce the venture capitalists’ perception of risk. If you want to find out how to raise money...

Can there really be such a thing as a startup raising too much money? Of course there can. The history of investment is littered with example of companies that raised too much capital, were feted by the press,...

Every entrepreneur I’ve ever spoken to about fundraising wants to know how long it will take.

Here’s the most important thing to remember: Startups are not mini-corporations. A corporation exists to execute on a business model; a startup exists to find a business model.