How to Get Investors Send Their Money to Your Startup

How to Get Investors Send Their Money to Your Startup

Have you ever wondered how funders discover top founders?

Jeremy Levine of Bessemer Venture Partners explains they way he finds entrepreneurs whose startups have a good chance for survival. Here’s his explanation:

If you want to invest in a startup, here are some tips from Mr. Levine:

  • Founders are different from one to another, and spotting one is difficult. Find someone unique, someone exceptional, and in term of co-founders, their teamwork and whether they are complementing each other.
  • Statistics can lead your way, but it’s best to have yourself or someone you trust to be an insider, e.g. becoming a user of a web startup; becoming a customer of the restaurant, and so on.
  • Hot trend: Vertical marketplace/end-to-end marketplace – e.g. Uber.

How about you? Any tips to share on how to discover top founders?

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