THE KEY STAGES OF CAPITAL FUNDING
As an investor, whenever you plan to fund a business, you should have a clear idea about the stage in which that company lies in terms of development. Only then can you expect to make a proper decision about funding it. There are five distinct stages of capital funding. They are, Start-up stage The freshly formed new companies are considered to be in this stage. They do not have a distinct business history in the market. Finding an investor in Texas at this stage can be quite a difficulty. So, at this stage, the companies are mostly funded by themselves or their family and friends. Sometimes, angel investors may take interest and agree to fund them. Seed or Early stage This stage often involves the investment of less than $5 million. At this stage, a network of high net-worth individual i.e Angel investor or early-stage venture capitalists usually fund the business that seems quite promising and have key customers but have not yet succeeded ...