Startup Financing from Seed Round to Institutions

Finding capital for startups is no easy feat. Our team works with them on a daily basis to help them find, and support, the right funding options.

We like to support these companies in finding financing for their immediate needs so most of the financing will be smaller numbers with a larger objective of $10MM as the final amount.

We only work with private companies and find that raising capital of $500–700k at a time works for them and is relatively easy to accomplish. The process is pretty typical. We utilize the family and friends network for initial rounds then accredited investors and Offering Memorandums (OM) to fill the need.

Angel investors are in good supply in Vancouver but they are looking for the unicorn in the group they manage while most of their investments may perform ok or simply fail while they attend to the star company. Our goal with the companies that we work with is to make sure after all the early rounds of financing they still retain control of the business until liquidity.From my experience Angels and Venture Capital guys want a board seat and a big chunk of shares for their investment. We rarely use that model and go instead for the accredited investor route.

We choose the companies we work with very carefully so they usually follow our thoughts on where to…