Sponsored Jumpstart Innovation & Investment, or JumpIN, is one of the most efficient capital raising platform for public and private companies raising $1 to $20 million. JumpIN’s super powerful in person platform allows companies to build personal connections with over 100 serious direct investors through bi-quarterly investor dinners at exclusive venues. These investor dinners are usually attended by over 100
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On February 6th, NIRI Orange County will host an event with two expert panels discussing “Micro Cap Funding Trends: Attracting and Retaining Investors.” Many of Orange County’s most exciting companies of the next ten years are likely to be small today but growing rapidly and looking for funding. One potential funding pool, made possible by the JOBS Act, permits companies to
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Chris Lynch of Reverb Advisors shared a post on LinkedIn titled “Don’t Get Played: The four things every founder needs to do when they seek funding.” The post shares four things every founder needs to do when seeking funding. Lynch goes into more detail on the items below in his post. 1. Raise capital specific to the demands of the company,
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Guest Post By: Tom Allinder I was speaking to a funder of microcap companies last week. He was describing how the microcap market is continuing to fall apart. I asked him what the problem was… “Convertible debt and the funding instruments the companies are using,” he replied. “We are seeing this across the board now. When a company starts filing
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A recent post on CFO.com summarizes the Institute of International Finance’s (IIF) latest capital markets monitor report. According to the IIF’s latest capital markets monitor report, “U.S. Corporates’ Net Debt: An Uneven Burden,” in the last 10 years “U.S. corporations have experienced a deterioration in their ability to pay interest on outstanding debt.” “While leverage has increased across the board
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In a recent post on the Axial Forum, Katie Morell discusses “Your Business Loan Checklist“. Morell shares a few things entrepreneurs should bring to a business loan meeting. Morell says that entrepreneurs should bring the following to a business loan meeting; Your resume and company history Annual company financial statements Personal financial statements and income tax returns Legal documents Learn more HERE.
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Toxic debt is a very important topic for microcap professionals but it is seemingly taboo to discuss microcap toxic debt in public (on the internet). There are few reliable sources of information on microcap toxic debt online. We have compiled some of our best content on the topic and will continue to add links to this post as we add more to our website.
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Crowdfund Insider recently published an article exploring “The Psychology of Crowdfunding“. The author, Howard Sherman (managing member of Crowdfund Buzz), writes “Far too many people approach crowdfunding with the mentality of a prospector off to the gold mine to make their fortune; they operate under the mistaken notion that all they need to do launch their campaign and immediately start raising money day and
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OTC Markets Group and IR Magazine have teamed up to produce a white paper series on small/micro-cap investor relations. In their third white paper they explore the the pros and cons of four popular microcap financing methods. In this report, OTC Markets examines the pros and cons of common debt and equity financing methods used by microcap companies: – Regulation D Offering
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Guest Post By: Mark R. Basile, Esq. There are two sides to the position of OTC (microcap) CEO pay. Either you should have the privilege to work for free for shareholders and investors, or you can be a real professional and pay yourselves a reasonable salary. If you want to raise real money, pay yourself. I can’t begin to tell you
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