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Many Private Equity and Venture Capital firms provide Equity as well as Debt financings. We have built and maintained one of the most extensive Data Centers in the world for finding and organizing funding sources. Although we have primarily focused on US based equity and debt providers, as the Data Center grows we will provide funding options for the entire world.
Private Equity
Private Equity traditionally pertains to several different sources of funds and types of investments. Not only do these firms make Equity investments, but many also make Debt investments. Many times Private Equity firms will also partner with other Private Equity firms if the investment is too great for one company to undertake.
Venture Capital
Venture Capital is primarily viewed as investments in Seed or Early Stage Companies. Early Stage & Seed companies usually have little to no profits or possibly little to no revenues. Venture Capital is most attributed to investment in what the industry calls Startup Companies. These companies start with an idea and a leader. Without either of those items the company does not exist. Venture Capital has been traditionally very difficult to obtain for those that are not well connected. Many VC firms get their investment leads through their network of trusted individuals. Bottom line being, unless you know someone who knows someone it will be difficult to even get in front of these types of firms to even make a pitch.
Angel Investors
Even more elusive than the Venture Capital firms, are Angel Investors. These types of individuals or firms don’t normally advertise their interests or appetite for investments. They are normally only reached through acquaintances who bring them fruitful investment opportunities or through Angel organizations. The reason for this being that if they advertised they would be inundated with too many unworthy opportunities that they wouldn’t be able to find the actual diamond in the rough. By mainly getting leads from friends and other acquaintances they know that an potential investment has already been somewhat vetted. Angel Investors are a source of capital for many startup companies as a first round of financing. The investment is very low due to the investors usually being individuals as opposed to a pool of institutional money.