This section is for those who are either ready to invest and are looking for an object for profitable investment, or vice versa, is interested in attracting Russian or foreign capital. Here are presented both announcements of private investors who are ready to invest in a business, and investment programs investor companies offering, among other things, project finance. Direct and venture capital funds, the largest regional and industrial investors are invited to fill in the section. Wide selection investment opportunities will find here both small and large businesses.
It doesn't matter who you are: a private equity fund, a venture fund, a private investor, a business angel, an investment bank or a management company, if you make direct investments and are ready to provide project financing, then this portal will be useful to you.
If you are interested in diversifying your investment portfolio, looking for new and profitable investment opportunities, post information about yourself: about investment priorities, investment volumes and directions, principles for selecting investment projects and companies, ways to exit investment project.
You can not only post information about yourself, but also subscribe to receive applications in attracting investments. Just customize the search form according to the criteria you are interested in and regularly receive investment requests in your mailbox. Do you want to search for investment objects more actively? Then refer to the section "Investment projects".
It is difficult for a novice entrepreneur to organize his own business, since even a small business requires significant financial injections to start. Where to get this money? The fastest and most reasonable way is to attract an investor - a person who will contribute his capital in exchange for a part of the profits or shares. An investor can become a partner of the company, often an assistant in development, because he is no less interested in making the business profitable than the owner.
Where can a businessman get money to develop his business?
Until the business begins to generate income, not a single day will pass - all this time the entrepreneur spends money on rent, paperwork, payment wages, purchase of equipment, consumables, products and for other purposes. You can get start-up capital from several sources:
- Personal savings is a long, but the most reliable way, in which you need to set aside part of your income every month;
- A bank loan - they are reluctant to provide money to open their own business, requiring collateral, so more often entrepreneurs take consumer loans, but the amount is limited here;
- Borrowing money from relatives is a good way if you have a wealthy loved one who is ready to borrow a large amount;
- Search for an investor - a private individual, a company, an association of people, it can be business angels - specialists in investing in start-up entrepreneurs;
- Finding a partner - in this case, the business will have to be divided in proportion to the amount of injections, it is better to look for a financially literate person, and not a beginner;
- Starting a related business - for example, if you want to open a car service, you can start with a tire fitting, and when profit and experience appear, expand your business;
- Receiving a subsidy from the state - provided by the employment center, the district administration, the business support department, but the amount of injections is small, reporting is required;
- Crowdfunding is the collection of funds through a special platform from ordinary people, but for this you need to offer an unusual business idea, interest the audience, and conduct an advertising campaign.
Experts and experienced businessmen are sure: borrowing money or resorting to a loan is not best idea for an entrepreneur. It is better to use your savings or attract investors by concluding a cooperation agreement with them.
Step-by-step instructions on how to attract an investor?
New entrepreneurs don't understand how to find an investor for a small business from scratch? To raise capital for the development of your business, you need to draw up a well-thought-out business plan, choose a convenient form of cooperation, find professionals, negotiate and conclude a cooperation agreement.
How to prepare a business project?
A business plan is a visiting card of an entrepreneur, it is this project that potential investors will study, assessing the attractiveness of financial injections. Keep in mind that the investor is not interested in how original the idea is, what prospects it promises you personally, he wants to know how much profit he can get. The business project must contain:
- short and detailed description ideas, a plan for its implementation;
- calculation of starting capital;
- analysis of the real benefit for the investor - also with calculations and reasonable conclusions;
- the payback period during which the income will be received;
- investment prospects.
If a business plan is written by a novice, he may allow typical mistakes due to inexperience, which will scare off investors, sometimes it is better to invite specialists or ask for help from familiar businessmen to prepare documents.
How to choose the right form of cooperation?
The form of cooperation is chosen by the businessman together with the investor, but first it is worth calculating the benefits from each model, determining the most effective way of interaction. An investor can earn income in several ways:
- percentage of the deposited amount, as in lending;
- part of the profit from the implementation of the idea;
- share in the business - re-registration of property rights will be required;
- finished products or services - relevant for investors in a related industry, for example, if a businessman opens a company for the delivery of motor oils, and the investor has his own auto parts store.
In the process of negotiations, the investor may insist on a different scheme of cooperation, it is often more profitable for an entrepreneur to make concessions than to lose the opportunity to receive funds.
How to seek help from experienced businessmen?
It is difficult to develop your own business and look for investors without experience. It is better to ask for help from other businessmen who will provide assistance if further cooperation is possible between you on favorable conditions. Who to contact? For example:
- if you produce food - to the owners of stores;
- if you plan to carry out transportation - to businessmen who rent cars or need regular delivery of goods;
- want to open a flower kiosk - to flower suppliers;
- are going to sell farm products - to the owners of household plots.
Experienced businessmen will advise on the presence of pitfalls, features of the chosen industry, help to study this issue more closely and prepare a detailed business project.
How to negotiate?
The first meeting with an investor is always a presentation of the project, presentation of a business plan and coverage of the main issues that may arise. You need to carefully prepare for the meeting so that the investor understands several points:
- you are financially literate;
- excellent knowledge of the topic;
- offer a fresh and interesting idea;
- the investor will be able to profitably invest;
- there is no doubt about the honesty of the businessman and the reality of the project;
- what are the risks in this industry.
During negotiations, the focus should not be on how new the business will be, but on outlining the benefits of investing.
How to conclude a cooperation agreement with an investor?
When an investor is found, the project is presented, consent is received, it remains only to prepare an agreement on capital investment. In this matter, it is better to involve a lawyer and check that the document indicates:
- terms of investment;
- payment method;
- the amount that the investor contributes;
- rights and obligations of the parties;
- procedure for violations.
The money received from the investor should be used only for business development - this is directly indicated in the contract.
How to get investors interested in a business plan?
- collect information about the investor, eliminating possible misunderstandings;
- carefully calculate the amount of investment that is needed;
- do not delay the implementation of the project;
- outline specific goals;
- analyze the market, competitors, the situation in the industry, so that the investor understands that you have worked out this topic well;
- do not hide important information and facts from the investor.
Of course, a businessman wants to present his project in the most favorable light, so the data is often embellished, and the calculations turn out to be overly optimistic. An experienced investor will definitely ask about the fate of the project when negative development events, you need to be prepared for this issue.
Finding an investor is not so easy, because the number of business projects created daily is only growing, and the level of competition for attracted cash- increases. To find an investor, you need to competently approach the search, following the advice:
- Start the search as early as possible, as this process can take several months. You need to look for an investor already when you have calculated the business prospects, assessed the benefits from the implementation of the idea. The main mistake of newcomers: they use their funds for development, and when the capital runs out, the business goes into decline, they start looking for injections from outside, but such a project for investors most often turns out to be uninteresting;
- Reach out to someone who can really help. If the investor is large, it is not worth going to him, offering to invest in a small business, if it is small company, then it simply will not have enough capital to invest;
- Name the specific amount that you need - you should not indicate a range, for example, from 500 to 900 thousand rubles, the number should be accurate, and the spread should be minimal.
An experienced investor knows that it is better to invest in projects with a balanced income and risk. The goals of the entrepreneur must be specific, and the idea itself must be relevant, allowing you to make a profit in the future.
How to find an investor - an overview of specialized sites
In the era of the development of the Internet, the search for investors cannot be imagined without the use of remote technologies. For this purpose, there are special platforms where businessmen can “meet” and negotiate with potential investors. In Russia, such platforms are popular as:
- Boomstarter is a crowdfunding platform focused on raising funds for the implementation of creative projects;
- Planeta.ru - allows you to find an investor and implement socially significant, creative ideas, about 800 thousand people are registered on the portal;
- Nachinanie.ru is a platform for collective financing of projects - religious, educational, socially significant;
- Eastwestgroup - here the investor search services are paid, but the business project is evaluated free of charge, the company has been professionally engaged in attracting investments for over 10 years;
- Start2Up is a bulletin board for investors and start-up entrepreneurs, projects in the field of the Internet, education, art, and culture are popular.
Finding an investor to develop your business is not an easy task, but a feasible task with a competent approach. The main thing is to offer a relevant idea, draw up a well-thought-out business plan, accurately calculate the benefits from investments. A potential investor will be interested in an honest project with low risks, sufficient income in the implementation process, and also with a financially literate owner.
The catalog contains the most relevant investment projects of 2019. Here you will find promising startups and existing business projects that will generate income.
In this section you can:
- Find a business to invest in
- Learn about its specifics
- Get a broker's advice on investing in a business
What information can you find on a company card?
Each company provided important information for a potential investor:
- The concept and relevance of the company's services
- Stages of development of the company, results of work
- Financial indicators: current and potential income, investment amount
- Future plans
- Differences from competitors
- Strengths and challenges of the company
- Investment conditions
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Search for investors for business: 4 basic steps for finding + 9 sources of start-up capital.
Search for investors for business with the presence of brilliant ideas, a lot of energy and a huge desire to develop, will not require much work.
It is carried out at the initial stage of the implementation of a new business project, when there is a problem of shortage of funds.
In this article, we will tell you in more detail which investors will help make your dream a reality.
How to find an investor for a business and how to interest him?
Each person seeks to replenish his “purse” by any means, especially if we are talking about the investor.
Who has almost all the finances in work, thereby regularly replenishing the bank account of his owner, provided that he does not have to do anything for this.
Usually, people use this type of saving and increasing funds after they encounter interest that banks give for keeping on deposit.
After all, such income barely compensates for the rate of inflation.
The investor should be treated as a full-fledged partner.
On the one hand, an idea is invested in cooperation, and on the other, money.
Therefore, such a process is mutually beneficial for all.
Experts say that a successful search for investors for a business depends on a professionally prepared and presented presentation that can convince the investor about the profitability of the investment.
For an investor, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- creativity and uniqueness of the future business;
- the amount of the deposit;
- payback period of a new idea;
- detailed calculation of income.
If weighty arguments are found according to the above criteria, then we can assume that the person will unconditionally agree to cooperate.
Finding an investor to invest in a business: 4 basic steps
Action #1: Develop a plan
Develop a plan, which will subsequently be presented to the contributor.
The presented presentation is necessary to convince the potential investor of the profitability and quick payback of the project.
An example of the information that a business plan for an investor should contain:
A business plan for such a purpose is somewhat different from the standard one.
First of all, volume.
It is believed that a document longer than 15-20 pages will "work" at times less effectively than its "brother".
Also, the difference is that - this is a guide, as it were step-by-step instruction for the entrepreneur himself.
But the plan prepared for investors is a marketing tool.
It should not just describe the business, but present it attractively.
For this purpose, applications, graphs, tables, and diagrams are actively used.
It is better to entrust the creation of such a document to specialized intermediary companies.
Action #2: What type of investor is needed?
Decide which investor is needed to develop the idea.For example, you can find a contributor who will provide funds for the purchase of necessary equipment for the business or expansion of the enterprise at a conditional interest rate.
Or find an investor who will sponsor the business and become a co-owner in the future.
You should determine the direction in the search for a contributor and the features of your cooperation.
Action number 3: Help from experienced businessmen
“The main thing is not the effect, but the effectiveness in actions.”
Farhad Ahmedov
Seek advice and guidance from experienced businessmen who have been working in this direction for more than one year.
They will help you point out possible risks or simply suggest how to find an investor for your business. .
Action #4: Specialized Services
Place project and short description on specialized startup databases, forums for finding business investors.
After that, after some time, maybe there will be a call from an investor about the interest to invest money in a start-up business.
We present the most popular specialized services for placing an idea and searching for an investor:
- https://www.investclub.ru/view.php?id=10639 - the site will help you find an investor for any type of business activity.
https://starttrack.ru/ - StartTrack 725 helps to make deals between the founder and a person who is ready to invest in the presented project.
To date, 800 investors are present on the site and 40 projects are on display.
The portal contains 4,325 projects, of which 1,423 need investment.
https://www.napartner.ru/ is the very first startup exchange on the Russian market.
There are 1,239 investors, 9,983 "innovators" and 500 business ideas waiting on the Innovative Ideas website.
There is also a section where you can purchase an already implemented business.
https://www.askcap.ru/ is one of the largest investor search databases in the country.
The website contains profiles of 6512 ideas, the lion's share of which is available for consideration only after authorization on the portal.
Technoparks, incubators, accelerators, venture funds cooperate with Askcap.
https://angel.co/ - this service is the progenitor of the above investor search sites.
There are 1,600 startups and 421 investors from the Russian Federation on the portal.
Where to search for investors for business?
Before looking for an investor for a business, you need to contact specialists in the economic sector who will calculate and draw up a detailed action plan.Friends and relatives
Finding an investor for a business is not an easy task.
It would be wise to involve all relatives and friends in such a process.
This is the most advantageous way that will reduce the perceived risks to a minimum.
In addition, if the implementation of an idea requires small investments, you can interest your comrades in the profitability of the project, and offer to invest hard-earned business in the promotion.
Naturally, at a certain monthly percentage.
Businessmen with experience
It is either big, there are businessmen who firmly stand on the “platform” of trading and want the already earned finances not just to lie in the bank, but to bring additional monthly income.
A person should be disposed towards a newly minted idea and offered to make a contribution on favorable terms for both parties.
Or, at the request of the investor, make him a partner.
But the last option can fetter and limit the actions of the founder of the business.
This step should only be taken as a last resort.
Funds
One of the ways to find an investor for a business is through investment funds or funds established to support start-up entrepreneurs.But for this it is necessary to provide weighty arguments that your project is vital to society.
You should know that often when contacting this organization, a businessman should already have some initial capital and a willingness to invest in his business.
That is, this method is more suitable for existing enterprises that want to expand their sales area and product range.
To get help, you also need to provide a plan, an analysis of the current company.
Don't forget to follow up investment funds who can hold competitions and select promising works.
Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky.
Consider the most popular funds that have helped many aspiring entrepreneurs:
- https://www.kiteventures.com/ is another fund for business development.
https://www.runacap.com/
Foundation Founder - Russian businessman Sergei Belousov.
He introduced brands such as Rolsen to the world and is the creator of Parallels (cloud hosting platform).
If you manage to cooperate with this company, then there is no doubt about its profitability.
Igor Matsanyuk, after moving from Murmansk to Moscow, founded a fund specialized in games, services and applications for phones.
If an entrepreneur has a creative idea related to computer technology then this fund is for him.
Business incubators
There are already more than a hundred business incubators in the Russian Federation.These are structures that are created to help start-up companies at the start of their work.
Business incubators offer their residents:
- rental of premises at a reduced price (and in some cases - free of charge at all);
- meeting rooms;
- support in establishing contact with investors and buyers;
- consultations in consulting and information matters.
The key difference between a business incubator and other forms of investor assistance is the participation of people who mentor aspiring entrepreneurs.
They perform the function of not just “providers of finance”, but also development partners, business mentors.
If you need the support of experienced businessmen, please contact the following business incubators:
- https://www.osp.ru/news/2010/0913/13003512/
- https://inc.hse.ru/
- https://www.inmsu.ru/ru/
- https://www.rea.ru/ru/org/managements/orgnirupr/Pages/bi.aspx
- https://www.ranepa.ru/kto-ya-2/student-bakalavriata/studencheskaya-zhizn-v-akademii/biznes-inkubator
- https://rb.ru/incubator/incube/
- https://theoryandpractice.ru/organizations/3940-biznes-inkubator-incube-ankh
Bank as an investor
When there is not even the slightest idea or all of the above options have been considered, then a bank loan is one of the options for obtaining the desired amount.But getting it is not so easy.
Often banks put forward excessive requirements for the borrower, which the latter does not always cope with.
To apply for a loan, a bank provides:
- surety,
- security deposit,
- package of relevant documents.
If bank claims If you don’t fulfill it, you can be left without a business, and even with a huge debt.
A bank loan is ideal for starting a small business that does not require serious capital investments.
Finding investors for a business is a rather laborious task that requires great patience and perseverance.
It is necessary to carefully consider each of the available options and calculate possible financial losses.
If all this is done, then there is a huge chance to find a profitable investor.
Investors among foreign businessmen
If all possible ways have been tried, but the investor cannot be found, then you should seek help from foreign entrepreneurs.
In the case of foreign investors, you can forget about your previous triumphs.
Such people look exclusively at real achievements in business.
Also, only those projects that can bring multimillion-dollar profits (preferably in US currency) are usually considered.
Not necessarily a business idea should be a technological direction.
Any ideas that multiply the investor's capital many times over are considered.
Foreign investors will never invest their capital in a project based only on the ambitions of the creator of the idea.
Only figures and facts from the prepared business plan will be weighty arguments for concluding cooperation.
Search foreign investors For your business idea, you can visit these sites:
- https://investgo24.com/ is an international portal that will help you find investments for your idea.
- https://start2up.ru/ - will help you find a person who is ready to invest in a business, not only in the regions of Russia, but also abroad.
- https://www.magnat.su/ - using this site you can find not only foreign partners, but also put up your own business for sale.
franchise
The search for investors for business by the method guarantees fast development and start to enter the market platform under the patronage of a well-known brand.Banks provide finance for the development of a franchise business with great pleasure.
This is one of the few cases when the latter provides the necessary funds to open a company without any problems.
And that's not all: a deferred payment for a period of six months is provided.
With the help of this, a novice businessman will be able to direct his strength and energy to the promotion of his offspring.
This speeds up the process of repaying the debt to the bank.
To obtain this type of loan, it is necessary to place one guarantor, and the bank is guaranteed to approve the application.
How does this method work?
Suppose a novice businessman has a promising and creative idea related to the engineering industry.
The founder contacts an authorized company (eg Porsche).
To its representative, he demonstrates the presentation of his idea.
And if the company is interested in this innovation, it can give its patronage to the project in the form of financial assistance or permit the use of the company's official logo.
When a start-up firm has such a patron behind it, the banks consider it reliable enough to provide the necessary loan.
Who is an investor and look for him, you will also learn from the video:
Search for an investor for business– this is not an easy task.
Of course, you can do without outside help if you save the necessary amount and open a small food shop.
But if the founder has a different task, then the search should be carried out in all possible places with the involvement of a large number of people.
You can also shift this task onto someone else's shoulders and contact a specialized company that is able to find an investor for the project itself.
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