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@marvinador
Equity Crowdfunding: The Future of
Startup Funding
Founder, CEO of Thrivera
P&G 18 years: Brand Manager, Sourcing Manager, & Leadership Developer
Investor: FRAMERI, Wyzerr, and BStow
Advisor: VR EducaLon, Datazar, ZidZid, & The Grocery Runners
Hello, I’m Marvin
@marvinador
Entrepreneur Obstacles
We’re on a mission to help entrepreneurs get funded and into growth stage.
Investment
Entrepreneurs need to Brand, Fund, & Grow their ideas.
Brand Go-‐to-‐MarketFund
But… You Must start with Great Vision
Moonshot Thinking: Power of 10X
Big & Bold Transformational Futuristic Inspirational
“It’s often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10% better” - Astro Teller Head of Google X
Occupy Mars
Photo: Bloomberg Business 2015
✤ You have this idea. It may be a really cool idea
So You have an
Idea?
Creating a Product is only the First Step
You need capital to Scale it!
The Fundraising Journey Begins
Bank
✤ Earn >$200K a year
✤ >$1M net worth
✤ Wealthiest 3% of society
Angel Investors
Venture CapitalMultimillion Idea
10x return on investment
IRR of 25%
It’s really hard to raise capital
Ohio Statistics 2015
• 20.7K entrepreneurs • 167 venture funded • 0.008% chance • <2% Women & AA
$1B gap in Capital
There aren’t enough early-stage investors in Ohio. The imbalance leaves many great startups underfunded or having to go outside the region for funding.
See Ohio Venture Report 2015
Title III - Regulation Crowdfunding
Startups can now raise up to $1M from everyday investors
Creative & Artistic
Rewards based
Prototype & Validate
Technology & Business
Equity or Revenue Share
Grow & Scale
EQUITY CROWDFUNDINGvs.
Revenue Share 10% of revenues | 1.5X investment amount
Cincinnati’s Queen City Brewing will pay investors 10% of gross revenues until 100% of your principal is returned plus 50%.
INVESTOR PERKS
$500+ Receive a personalized pint glass that’s on-hand whenever you visit
$1,000+ Receive a stainless steel mug with your name engraved in. It will hang on the taproom wall & your first fill is on us!
EARLY BIRD BONUS Be part of the first $100K to invest $5K or more and we'll name a beer after you.
INVEST IN CINCY’S QUEEN CITY BREWING
79
$103,705investors
raised of $100K-$1M goal
$100 min INVEST
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ECF enables 97% of everyday investors to participate, opening up a fresh pool of capital for startups to access.
Equity Crowdfunding is Democratizing Venture Capital
Access deals reserved for the wealthy
Have equity ownership in a startup
Engage in a startup ecosystem
Break the Monopoly of the Rich
Since May 2016
20 companies have successfully raised capital
3 for >$1M
24.4% Success Rate (i.e. 2-3x better than Indiegogo & GoFundMe)
$810 Average investment size
Is Equity Crowdfunding Working?
Vision: Ohio will be the Silicon Valley of the Midwest
BUT our entrepreneurs don’t have enough access to capital
Greater Cincinna8 is the midwest’s fastest growing large economy with close to 2,500 startups in our region
Hypothesis: Build a hyper local equity crowdfunding plaDorm for local startups and everyday people will invest in them!
@gothrivera
75% Angels invest in
companies within 100 miles of their location
Everyday People want to Back Local Startups
@gothrivera
What if you could invest in the hottest new startups too?
BREWERY?
BOUTIQUE?
TECH COMPANY?
The Future is Robo Investing
