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You know the puzzle all too well: you need to fine-tune your business to raise capital, but you need capital in order to fine-tune your business. Now there’s an answer—the AngelReady Membership from FundingUniverse.Designed to provide you with the expertise, resources, and contacts you need, an AngelReady Membership is an amazingly affordable way to reach your business goals fast.
As an AngelReady Member, you’ll get:
- Credible feedback about your plan
- Expert advice and consultation
- The chance to pitch to angels already looking for investments
Feedback Benefits
Rating Details
Your rating details will give you specific feedback about the strengths and weaknesses in your business plan. These details include a breakdown of the four criteria on which your rating is based: Management Team, Market Opportunity, Competitive Advantage, and Traction. This breakdown will pinpoint the areas your plan answers well, plus the areas that need further development.Plan Stats
Your stats reflect the response your posted plan is getting from investors on our site. If you are getting a lot of hits and not a lot of contacts from investors, you probably have a good business plan but may need to make some subtle changes to your idea and presentation. If you are not getting many hits at all, your business plan may need some work. This is where we can help you improve.Advice and Consulting Benefits
Weekly Chat With An Angel
What better source for funding advice than an active accredited angel investor. Now you can chat, once a week, with an angel investor who can suggest ways to improve your chances of getting funded. Every week, a new angel investor and the Funding Universe Professionals will hold a one-hour webinar for AngelReady™ members. After the video presentation, each Webinar includes a Q&A session where we’ll address the specific questions of attendees. Rather than a pitching opportunity, this is your opportunity to ask any question you have about the process of raising capital. From business plan questions to valuations and term sheets, this weekly chat provides advice on a person-to-person level as we walk you through the process of raising capital.Monthly Plan Re-rating
Having your business plan rated by Funding Universe is an incredibly insightful and beneficial activity. Even better, you can continue to get this insight as your plan matures. As an AngelReady Member, you can have your plan re-rated using our proprietary method—for no extra charge. You should see the difference in your rating as you apply the principles you learn in AngelReady chat sessions and Webinars. Your new results will be posted with each re-rating—and the higher your plan rates each time, the more investors will stop and take a look.Archived Webinars that are included with your membership:
- The Entrepreneur’s Side to Raising Money from Angels (Alex Lawrence, LCM Capital)
- What are Angels Looking For? (Rick Gibson, Desert Angels)
- 5 Important Questions to Ask an Angel (Craig Bott, Grow Utah Ventures)
- 5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make when Pitching to Angels (Bill Payne, Vegas Valley Angels)
- Valuation for each stage of Growth (Devin Thorpe, Thorpe Capital)
- How Execution help you to Raise Capital (Sid Mohasseb, Venture Farm)
- Financing Each Stage of Your Company (Sid Mohasseb, Tech Coast Angels)
- The Growing Role of Angel Investors (Marianne Hudson, Angel Capital Association)
- Effective Communication with your Investor (Marc Nathan, Houston Angel Network)
- Due Diligence Binders: Money in the bank Faster! (Greg Peterson, Mirus Advisors)
- Negotiating & Structuring Term Sheets (Stephen Block, Tech Coast Angels)
- Early-Stage Financing Term Sheets (Fred Greguras, Fenwick & West LLP)
- Taking Advantage of the FundingUniverse Tools (Brock Blake, FundingUniverse)
- And more every Thursday!
Pitching Opportunity Benefits
VideoPitch™
It’s the next-best thing to live pitching—and some think it’s even better. VideoPitch from Funding Universe lets you pitch your idea via video so that any investor can view it at any time. Just follow our simple instructions to record your video directly to the Funding Universe site using a webcam or video camera. VideoPitch adds the professionalism and passion that only you can show. Our results show that a VideoPitch not only increases investor views by 50-75% over stand-along plans, it also moves your plan higher up the investor list.