How to find the right investors to fund your early-stage startups

Every day hundreds of startups breathe in the ecosystem bearing a revolutionary idea. But for a product to go from just an idea on paper to a mainstream platform having 1000000+ users, it requires someone to financially back the entrepreneur's vision to test the hypothesis.

An entrepreneur doesn't require much capital to test the hypothesis. And since it is still on paper, no investors will inject millions into something still a 'probability'. Keeping things real, it's not an easy task for an entrepreneur to raise seed capital. But this post will show you how an entrepreneur can raise the funding to kickstart its project with the help of POD.

POD is an angel investment platform that connects promising startups with accredited investors (super angels, angel investors, etc.) who specialize in investing in early-stage startups and non-accredited investors. On POD, an entrepreneur can find interested investors and raise seed funding for its early-stage startup with these 4 easy steps -

Get Investors For Your Early-Stage Startup Using POD

Step #1 - Create Startup Profile The first step for startups is to create ‘startup profile’ with this link - https://podworld.in/register

Once you've registered, fill in the necessary information like CIN Number, Company Pan Number, and most importantly, the 'Funding Goal' to complete your application.

This process will ensure your profile creation on the platform.

Step #2- Submit Pitch Deck

Attracting investment for your startup or business can be challenging. Investors look for more than just a name these days. That's why we suggest startups to create and submit a pitch deck to present the startup’s ideas, value proposition, market opportunity, and, most notably, how you plan to make money (business model).

(If you need assistance in creating a pitch deck, refer to our other blog - ‘how to create an irresistible pitch deck’)

Step #3 – Vetting and Evaluation Your pitch deck is submitted with our investment team who will conduct complete independent research to understand your business and evaluation better.

Your startup is given an opportunity to pitch at our weekly virtual event – POP (Pitch On Pod), after successfully passing our stringent vetting process.

POP series takes place over the weekends (usually on Saturdays), where entrepreneurs are presented with the opportunity to pitch their business idea to angel investors. Each startup has 15 minutes to present the idea, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A.

Step #4 – Campaign Launch Startups that receive interest from angel investors during the POP series (which are plenty), their funding campaign is launched on POD. From our platform, the registered angel investors can view the documents and pitch presented by you and make an investment.

Each startup is given a 21-day timeline to reach the funding goal. The campaign will be marked successful if a startup raises the desired capital within the timeline and funds will be released to your account through a safe and secure line.

To know more about how you can raise seed capital on POD, visit - https://podworld.in/startup-how-it-works

Kickstart your fundraising campaign today - SUBMIT PITCH DECK (BUTTON)