Hey John Christani, we're going to talk about how to raise venture capital. I've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for my latest company from venture capital investment companies. I'm going to talk to you about what is Venture Capital, why would you want to be given hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, to start a company, and how exactly do you go about getting folks to give you money for an idea or for whatever you want to sell.
But let's start off with what venture capital is. Venture capital is a way for people, high-net-worth individuals, and companies to invest in other companies that show high potential to either make a lot of money or maybe some sort of strategic purpose for their larger business. Major companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Kellogg's, ABC, NBC, Disney, Warner Brothers, and Google all have little investment funds to invest in new companies that might have strategic purposes. And then there's High-net-worth individuals that want to invest in companies to get a big return on their investment that they couldn't normally get in the stock market.
Venture Capital has been around and investing and fueling the next generation of companies. The reasons why you would raise venture capital and why I raised venture capital for my company was because you want to build a very high growth company. If you want to build a company that just zooms to the moon and grows really fast, you should take investor money. Money is just a lever. It's an important lever that allows you to grow faster. Companies that have more money have a higher chance of success.
So let's get into exactly how to raise money for your company. I've done this, and I'm going to break it down piece by piece. I'll also be offering you some very special resources to help you out in the terms of investor lists and CRMs and other stuff that's going to help your journey quite dramatically.
Now what Outreach is, is simply making contact with these 100 to 200 folks that maybe you have their LinkedIn profile, maybe you were able to scrape their email address, maybe you have their phone number, maybe you just have their Twitter profile, and you're going to send them a DM. Whatever way you are going to reach out to them, you need to make contact somehow.
Investors and high-net-worth individuals, Venture capitalists, are a very closed circle of people. They're rich, they have money, and they're looking to deploy that money. So, correspondingly, they have a lot of folks that are like vultures trying to get that money for themselves, for their own idea, for their own company. So you need to keep that in mind and be considerate of their time.
Q: What is venture capital and how does it work?
A: Venture capital is a way for people, high-net-worth individuals, and companies to invest in other companies that show high potential to either make a lot of money or serve a strategic purpose for their larger business. Major companies and individuals invest in new companies to get a big return on their investment.
Q: Why would someone want to raise venture capital?
A: People raise venture capital to build a high-growth company. Investor money serves as a lever that allows companies to grow faster, increasing their chances of success.
Q: How can someone raise money for their company?
A: Raising money for a company involves reaching out to potential investors, engaging with them, securing meetings, and closing deals. It's essential to be strategic and considerate of investors' time.
