2. This solution provides:
• Platform to gather Entrepreneurs and Investors.
• Process to create ‘natural pairs’ between
entrepreneurs and investors.
• Incubation to ensure success of the projects.
3.
4. The market analysis was primarily performed via these
sources:
1. Online Survey
2. Informal interviews
5. Data Points Collected 30-35
Focus of Data Gathering • Role played by the party
(Entrepreneur or Investor)
• Major challenges and risks faced
by the party
• Nature of product or service of
interest
• Primary market of entrepreneur’s
product or service
• Service needs of entrepreneur
during early rounds
• Size of investment
6. • From the data collected, the biggest challenge in
front of our customers is to ‘locate and secure
funding’ (43%).
• Yes – we are solving the right problem!
* Excludes data points collected via interviews
7. The current solutions to ‘locate and secure funding’
include:
» Family and Friends
» Angel Investors
» Venture Capitalists
» Government Loans
The challenge remains that except for ‘Family and
Friends’, the rest of the options require experience and
networking.
8. Summary as of 2011:
» Crowdfunding sites in existance: 452
» Capital raised in the year: USD1.5B
» Largest geographical market: North America
New competitors have increasingly higher potential to
raise capital for early stage industry.
9. Based on the data collected, our target customers are
definitely interested in our solution.
Based on our team expertise and access to resources,
we are confident that we can bridge the gap between
entrepreneurs and investors through our platform.
