Funding for Start-ups: A guide to fundraising

Providing a road map on the intricacies and nuances of fundraising, the key issues likely to be faced with investors and the legal documentation needed to get fundraising off the ground.

• With Singapore taking the top spot for start-up talent and new government policies rolled out to establish Singapore as an attractive location for start-ups, this is a timely guide on how to raise funds for start-ups.
• Explains the legal aspects of different approaches to fundraising and fundraising in phases.
• Provides insight into the mindset of investors and guidance on how to handle fundraising negotiations.

A research report in 2017 by the Start-up Genome project, a US-based think-tank, stated that Singapore had overtaken Silicon Valley to become number one in the world for start-up talent. With the Singapore government successfully rolling out innovative new policies to establish Singapore as an attractive location for setting up new start-ups, Funding for Start-ups is a timely book on how to raise funds for new start-ups.

This book covers areas such as the legal aspects of different approaches to fundraising, explains fundraising in phases, how to perfect a pitch to an investor, understanding the mindset of an investor, and handling negotiations in the fundraising process.

This is the first title in a new 3-book series to provide legal information and anecdotal guidance on the essentials of setting up new start-ups. The second and third titles are:

• Managing Manpower for Start-ups
• Managing Legal Risks & Disputes for Start-ups