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Venture Point - Portal to Success and Wealth Creation for High Tech Ventures

Venture Point is a leading portal for high tech and high growth ventures, providing relationships and resources for their success and wealth creation. We offer consulting services, coaching, and workshops on various topics such as finance, corporate governance, and grant writing.

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Venture Point - Portal to Success and Wealth Creation for High Tech Ventures

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  1. VENTURE POINT’s M I S S I O N To be the portal to relationships and resources for high tech and high growth ventures ...leading to their success and wealth creation.

  2. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Capital Raising Environment • Venture Point

  3. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Today’s Capital Market is Difficult • First time more capital has been returned to institutional investors than actually invested. • Looking for better deals, stronger deals, later stage deals. The traditional VC is back. • IPO Market is dead for the next few years, M&A will be the route to liquidity. • Biotech is warm, Internet deals are icy • Bright spot… Investors understand that it will be a more reasonable time between investment and cashing out

  4. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Angel Capital • Typically local individuals or groups • Investments range from $100K to $1,000 K and average around $600K • Look for 10x to 15x return • Tech Coast Angels/SV Band of Angels • Venture Capital • $5 million and up • Institutional funds • Look for 5x to 10x return • Innocal, Versant, Domain, Mission

  5. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Grant Money • Federal Government has multiple programs • SIR, STTR, ATP • Multiple Agencies within the “alphabet soup” of agencies: • DoD • NIH • NIST • NASA • VA

  6. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • What are Investors Looking For? • Enduring, Wealth Generating Companies • Management • Large Market Opportunity • Pain Killers, Not Vitamins • Unfair Advantage • Ability to Rapidly Achieve Scale • Clear and Rapid Path to Liquidity

  7. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • The Importance of a Business Plan • A document declaring the opportunities for your company and your intentions (strategies and tactics) for capitalizing on those opportunities • NOT a product or Technology Plan • NOT a Marketing Brochure • Realistic Assessment • A Work in Process

  8. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Why Develop One? • To Raise Capital / Develop Alliances • Provide guidance for next 3-5 years - emphasize opportunity and strategy • Results of having a good plan • Better decisions • Better results • Higher valuation

  9. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Who is Venture Point? • Staff • Adjunct Coaches • Network of Service Providers • Volunteers • Leveraging small dollars for large impact!

  10. Major Sponsors CA State Trade & Commerce Agency U.S. Small Business Administration

  11. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Impact can be dramatic… Our clients have • Raised almost $80 million • Created almost 500 new jobs • Succeeded where others have not

  12. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C • Consulting Services • Coaching/Mentoring Model • No Cost, Safe Harbor • Mutual selection process, you select us, we select you • Workshops & Classes • Wide variety of topics – finance, corporate governance, biz plan and grant writing, managing growth, IP protection, and more • No requirement to be a coaching client

  13. VENTURE POINT T E C H C O A S T S B D C

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