AWS Startups Blog
Tag: funding
Settld: Finding Grant Funding for your Startup
There are different ways of securing early startup cash, aside from personal bank loans or begging family and friends. One option is grant funding. Whilst there are caveats of relying upon this approach, the cash comes with no equity dilution and can offer a pre-revenue lifeline. Here is what Settld has learnt from going through the process so far.
Read MoreWhat’s Behind the Startup Boom in Vietnam
Some of the best companies have been built during the toughest times. Now is that time, and Southeast Asia may be the place.
Read MoreHow to Set up Purchasing That Scales with Startup Growth
Successful startups design for rapid growth, which requires agility from the get-go across all parts of the organization, including purchasing. The way you buy for your startup can help your company respond faster to changing market conditions, whether they are caused by an influx of funding, a surge in demand for your product, or the uncertainty of a global pandemic.
Read MoreInside Angel Investing: How Long Have You Been Working on This?
And other questions you better answer (correctly) when they come from Seedcamp co-founder and Managing Partner Reshma Sohoni.
Read MoreNavigating a Changing Fundraising Landscape with Entrepreneur First
Matt Clifford, co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, takes a global view when investing in people and their ideas. Not surprisingly, to hear Clifford tell it, there is practically no place on earth where startups and their investors are conducting business as usual. So, what should founders anticipate as they look to raise their next round, and whom should they place their trust in as they navigate the months ahead?
Read MoreInside Angel Investing: The Education of George Burgess
Serial startup founder, angel investor, and college dropout George Burgess founded exam prep startup Gojimo when he was an undergraduate student at Stanford. Burgess was seemingly living the founder dream, but as his dorm-room startup found an audience Burgess found it was too hard to juggle both school and building his company. So, he left Stanford, and that is where his entrepreneurial education really began.
Read MoreInside Angel Investing: This is Not Small Business Territory
Restlessness, resourcefulness, and an ambition to take on the world. This is how angel investor Richard Fearn picks founders from the crowd.
Read MoreInside Angel Funding: The FinTech Angel You Should Know
Chris Adelsbach, one of the busiest angels in the U.K., walks us through the noise and the opportunity in the fintech market.
Read MoreInside Angel Investing: Should You Join an Accelerator?
Accelerators are a great way to jumpstart a startup, offering technical and business help, a built-in network, and the unrelenting pressure of time to get your MVP ready for demo day. Eamonn Carey from TechStars London walks us through the reasons you might want to apply to an accelerator, and why for some, raising an angel round is the better course.
Read MoreInside Angel Funding: Fundamental Science, and Finding the Right Investor for You
2019 U.K. Angel of the Year, Sunil Shah, explains why doing your homework before you pitch an investor, and listening – yes listening – are the keys to getting an angel round done.
Read More