Venture capitalists and angel investors

Venture capitalists and angel investors
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Vocabulary to be used -1
Investment – to invest - an investor
A start-up is a small business that has just been started
A venture capital firm – венчурная фирма
A venture - a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty - предприятие – совместное предприятие - joint venture
To provide capital to
An equity stake – доля в акционерном капитале
To fund - финансировать – to subsidize, to sponsor,
to finance

Vocabulary to be used -2
An equity market – stock market - An equity market is a market in which shares of companies are issued and traded – фондовый рынок
A share – акция – (to issue a share, a partnership share, a profit share), on shares - на паях
a shareholder – акционер
To risk investing in a company
To earn a return on the investment – возврат инвестиций
To experience a high rate of failure
A new and unproven company

Vocabulary to use -3
To pool money from – to collect money \ to aggregate capital from many investors «сбрасываться»
A money pool - денежный пул
limited partnership – товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью
Money pool -money, collected together for shared use by several people or organizations

Who is a venture capitalist?

Some facts about venture capitalists
may fail, because the companies they give money to, are unstable
can work on their own, but usually for a venture capital firm
form limited partnerships (LP) where the partners invest in the VC fund
form limited partnerships (LP) where the partners invest in the VC fund.
form limited partnerships (LP) where the partners invest in the VC fund.
form limited partnerships (LP) where the partners invest in the VC fund.
form limited partnerships (LP) where the partners invest in the VC fund.

To the history of venture capitalism
1
started in the early to mid-1900s in the USA
2
Rockefellers or Vanderbilts were the 1st to fund startups or provide capital for growth
3
the National Venture Capital Association was founded in the early 1970s

Companies that
used venture capital
(received funding – got money )
Twitter, Skype
Ring, Facebook
Groupon, Sportify
Dropbox, Bitcoin

KEY TAKEAWAYS
To be an investor
To provide capital – to invest money
To show high growth potential
In exchange for equity stake
A startup
To seek (look for) a return
To experience high rates of failure
To be involved with new companies
To acquire (gain, get) power in the company
In exchange for the funding
Jim Breyer, Facebook (FB) investor, Peter Fenton,
an investor in Twitter (TWTR).

And who are
Angel investors?
Angel investors (private investors, seed investors or angel funders) are individuals that invest in startups.
Seed –семя, в переносном смысле seed investment (seed money, funding)– Посевное финансирование
Seed investment is investing funds and providing support to projects and businesses that are in their very early stages

Some vocabulary to look at
Entrepreneur – предприниматель (someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity)
One-time investment – единовременная инвестиция
To get off the ground – буквально «оторваться о земли» - to start (the business
An ongoing injection – «постоянное вливание» - constant flow of money
To carry (the company) through an early stage – «провести… через» - to help the company at the starting (initial) stage

So, what the angel investors do – they …
Invest their own money
exchange money for ownership equity in the company
Are already successful entrepreneurs
are often found among family and friends
provide a one-time investment
or an ongoing injection

Origins of Angel Investors
To come from – to originate from, to develop from, to derive from
To support – to assist, to aid
To complete – to accomplish, execute
a study – a research, a survey, an investigation
the Broadway theater!!!!
the University of New Hampshire's William Wetzel, founder of the Center for Venture Research

Sources of Funding
Angel investors use their own money
venture capitalists use pooled money from other investors.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
An angel investor is usually an individual who funds startups at the early stages
often use their own money
Angel investing is a popular source of funding for many startups
The support that angel investors provide fosters (ensures, helps to develop) innovation
These types of investments are risky
Represent 10% of the angel investor's portfolio

What if you want to get money from them…
Be prepared before you try to get money
Have your pitch ready
Keep track of your investor pipeline
Pick the right amount of money

Some remarks on vocabulary
A pitch – a presentation of one’s business concept (plan)
To keep track of - to continue to be informed or know about someone or something
An investor pipeline – инвестиционный портфель (a list of investor’s targets)
To have a sound understanding of your business' needs
Sound (adj.) – good, safe, able to be trusted – (reliable, sensible) – sound advice, decision, judgment, principle

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