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Paying a finder’s fee to someone who brings you investors is usually a broker-dealer violation. Learn what it costs you, what rescission means, and
Before accredited investors read your pitch they read your cap table. It must show clean fully diluted ownership, documented instruments, and an option pool.
Regulation D suits a fast accredited raise with no cap, while Regulation A+ opens the round to the public up to $75 million after full SEC qualification.
Family offices invest on different rules than venture funds: longer holds, cash flow, and relationships. Learn what they want and how to approach them.
Every investor update reports three numbers, revenue or MRR, burn rate, and progress, plus your wins, problems, and asks, sent once a month on a fixed date.
Waiting to raise lowers your dilution only when the wait buys real traction, since a milestone supports a higher valuation and you sell less of your company.
ACG takes backend equity instead of transaction fees, so the firm is paid at your future liquidity event, which aligns every recommendation with your outcome.
Structure your investor data room in the order an investor reviews it: company records and cap table first, then financials, then legal, and operations.
A financial model must show a justified raise amount, gross margin at scale, monthly cash timeline, sensitivity analysis, and use of proceeds before investors.
Manage a demanding investor by separating their contractual rights from their requests and routing every ask through a written communication protocol.
You set a pre-money valuation with no revenue by using a recognized method like Berkus or Scorecard, not a number you pick, so investors trust the figure.
You can run your business and raise capital at once, but not as a side task. Founders ring-fence operating time and hand off the investor admin to protect it.
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