Financing New Ventures: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Angel Investment

Many business ventures today are looking to attract external

financing, with an emphasis on business angel

investment. Inside this text, the author incorporates

the views of business angels, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs,

and legal advisors; and draws upon the latest

academic thinking on financing new ventures, providing

comparisons between business angel and venture capital

investing to further inform the reader. The concepts, principles,

and guidelines presented can help you and any

entrepreneur, business support agency, business student,

and others interested in raising external investment and

in developing an “investable” business.

The book is organized into seven chapters covering:

• Fundamental concepts of entrepreneurial venturing

and entrepreneurial finance

• Market conditions from which investable businesses

emerge

• The investment process

• Deal negotiations

• The post-investment relationship between entrepreneur

and investor

• Recent trends affecting how entrepreneurs raise finance

that include strategic exits, “super angels,”

and the emergence of “crowdfunding”