MicroVenture Marketplace Blog : Announcements
How 25 Startups got their start - Book Review
Have you ever wondered how Chipotle Mexican Grill got started? How about Coke, Twitter or Zynga?...
500 Startups Demo day review
I just got back from the 500 Startups demo day and saw 34 great companies that have some exciting new technology and ideas. Here is a brief...
How successful Angel Investors Invest
If you think you have what it takes to invest in startups and are ready to make your first investment, but unsure of where to put down your first seed investment...
9 people to follow on Twitter if you invest in Startups
When I wanted to learn about becoming an Angel Investor a few years ago I started reading everything that I could about the industry. My goal was to learn from the best VC’s...
Wildfires and Social Networks
Last week was my first experience with an emergency where social networks provided accurate information a lot quicker than the local news could provide any news...
Selling Investors: Pitching Tips from Flybridge Capital's Jeffrey Bussgang
Entrepreneurs put a lot of energy into finding investors who might fund their business. But many aren't really ready with a solid pitch when they finally get in front of investors
In These Tough Times, The Lean Operator Gets the Funding
Time was, entrepreneurs approached private funders with little more than a gleam of an idea. The funders gave them money to go create a prototype...
Positive Sign for Investors: Time to Liquidity Gets Shorter
There's a lot of excitement in making a funding deal. It's easy to get caught up...
The advantages—and perils—of friends and family money.
In a time when bank loans are hard to come by for many startups, borrowing from friends and family...
Get $100 back on your first investment immediately
If you fill out the questionnaire in the next 30 days and are approved as a sophisticated or accredited investor we will give you 5%...
Good Deal Flow Leads to Good Investments
I read with interest recently a couple of blog posts by NextView Ventures Rob Go about deal flow in investing. Go likens investing to a...
What Private-Equity Investors Should Look for in a Pitch
It's easy to get caught up in the enthusiasm of a bright young entrepreneur making a funding pitch. But smart private-equity investors look beyond...
Why use our service to list your business
I have been in the small business credit risk industry for the last 10 years and I have seen small business lines of credit dry up over the past 3+ years...
Why become an investor on Microventures?
One of the main reasons I created this platform was because I wanted visibility to private placement deals, but there was no place for me to gain access...
Welcome to our site
Welcome to our site. Today we launched the full site which gives investors the ability to invest in great businesses that need funding and at the same time, gives businesses the opportunity...
