Venture & Angel Capital Sources


Alright, there are 2,562,898 sites as of this morning which purport to help the entrepreneur raise venture capital. The scams ... ooops ... "services" range from charging you to post your business plan on their site to selling you an over-priced CD directory of venture capital firms, and absolutely everything else in between.

So, here's something different. Just information on how and what venture capitalists think as well as what they find the hot sectors today. 

VC Speak (pdf)

English translation of "VC Speak." Share it with friends and associates.

The Top 422 Venture Capital Firms in North America

Absolutely free directory of the top venture capital firms in the USA and Canada.


Venture Capital Articles


Ruminations on venture capital, trust networks, and information theory. 

Entrepreneurs need not apply for funding. VCs are no longer funding anything but the safest of bets.

Double-Crossed
Silicon Valley entrlawyers, the very people they asked for help.

Venture Capital Blogs
See this page for a list of blogs written by venture capitalists.


Addition Resources on Raising Capital

Here are some great articles and concepts to stimulate flow of your creative juices.

Start A Business.com

Your one stop on the internet for Nationwide & Offshore incorporation services, domain name registration, and more.

Search-engines-guide.com

Provides information on search engine optimization and the best selling search engine book Obtaining a #1 Ranking in the Search Engines.

Email-marketing-software-resource.com

A resource for anyone wanting to learn about permission-based email marketing, sending out a newsletter, managing an email list, and the different email list management programs.

Startup Junkies

Site for technology entrepreneurs and serial entrepreneurs.

Business Talk Radio

Internet business talk radio for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Business Opportunities


A directory of business opportunities.






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Here's the solution to a common problem in raising money. You have found angel or business investor who likes your deal, but you can't seem to close them. Revenue-based financing using a Revenue Royalty Certificate provides a deal structure that enables you to close them. RRCs eliminate the obstacles that scare off investors. Find out today how to close your investors. Click the above link. 


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Oftentimes first-time capital seekers are impatient and come across this way to investors. Afterwards they don't understand why they were rejected. Make sure that you don't come across like this newbie capital seeker. There's an old saying, he who asks for gold gets advice, while he who asks for advice gets the gold. 


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