Eddy Valentin
Hi there, I’m Eddy Valentin, founder of Valentin Report Let me be the first the welcome you to this incredible new product launch we’ve been working on for months, IReC. If you’re an entrepreneur who is on the verge of launching your first round of venture or equity capital raise for your startup, but you’re really not sure how or where to start, then you’re in the right place.
Navigating the world of private equity is an awfully challenging and demanding task. Unless you’ve got a CFO to handle capital raising and capital infrastructure management for you, this is going to be a massive effort that’s going to sap your energy and time, taking you away from the things that made your company stand out in the first place: you.
As an entrepreneur managing a relatively young company, your greatest resource is your time, and don’t be naive: business and capital structure development in anticipation of securing investor capital requires a steep learning curve. Go into your first round of capital raise blindly and without even the slightest bit of guidance, and you’re likely to fall embarrassingly short of your goals.
This is a programme for like-minded entrepreneurs who are sharing with you the same experience: raising operating or growth capital from investors for the very first time. Look, I’m not saying this is going to be easy, and I’m not going to promise you a magic wand. But I am here to coach you through the process, educating you through a series of original, intellectual lecture videos, text book chapters, and supplemental workbook materials, all produced, written, or otherwise developed by myself and the experienced team at ValReport, to best prepare you for your capital raising journey.
So for now, read on, and when you’re ready, get started for free.
See you on the inside,
Eddy Valentin
Founder, Valentin Report
Most dream ideas of these entrepreneurs get extinguished when the capital raising process begins. Entrepreneurs in the modern era simply approach investors with very little preparation and understanding of their business and how it is going to enter the market.
Ask most investors and they will admit that sometimes it can be a frustrating experience going through hundreds of deals every week and cringing at the great ideas that are backed by poor preparation and ultimately leading to the project ending up in the drawer.
There are of course the 10% of deals that go through Series A funding and hopefully go on to become world class businesses. The major difference between the projects that get funded and the ones that don’t lies in the CEO’s ability to prepare their business/project for investment.
The rules in raising capital are simple, if you fall short of the below requirements, you will most likely walk out a beaten and exhausted entrepreneur.
Failure to completely and comprehensively understand the business in relation to it’s market.Arriving at the meeting and having very little or no professional documentation to show investors.Riding solo with no plan to recruit a capable and credible management team that can achieve the objectives.Poor valuation and forecast models showing either too optimistic or far too conservative objectives.No exit strategy or even worse, no contingency plan if the investors funding is lost.
As discussed earlier, 95% of first time entrepreneurs never get through the funding stage when trying to commercialize their idea. This makes the capital raising process a nerve racking and unpopular process for would be successful entrepreneurs.
It doesn’t have always have to be a time-consuming and exhaustive process if you have the right tools at hand, just think about what MYOB has done for small business. IReC is your playbook when you get to the funds raising stage and once you understand how the whole process works, your confidence when facing investors will increase dramatically.
Fast track and streamline your capital raising process, lower the time it takes you to fund your objectives
Show investors professional, compliant documentation including all the relevant information that they want to see
In this economy, be ready to take advantage of opportunities to buy out your competition, you’ll need to be able to raise capital proficiently
Stand out from the crowd, there are thousands of other entrepreneurs competing with you to get that much needed capital
Made for DIY entrepreneurs, with IReC you may not even need to outsource to a CFO which could cost you thousands in fees
Ready to Print
Professional and effective documentation is the foundation of any great planning. This rule is especially important when raising capital, never approach investors without proper documentation as you’ll find out very soon that you’ve already set up for failure.
Your future partners want to see that you’re able to communicate your vision in person as well as on paper. IReC will equip your investment proposal with the right information that investors want to see at the presentation.
Audio info to listen on the go
Put your headphones on and listen to expert audio conversations including investor interviews and learn the tips and tricks that will get you ahead of the game at the deal table.
At the end of most chapters you’ll find in-depth audio conversations specific to that chapter, with added bonus valuable information. These are great for when you’re on the way to the meeting as a last minute motivator, you may pick up a tip or 2 that will keep that confidence level sky high.
Visual aid helps
We constantly add video content including case studies, mock presentations as well as presentation guidelines to giving you in-depth visual perspective of the investment process.
Enter the boardroom
Need an investing type question answered? The boardroom is your stop to network, discuss and share tips. Networking is one of the most powerful ways to take your vision from your mind into the real world. Be sure to read the posting guidelines before you share information.
Live HelpDesk
Our 24/7 live help-desk means we have a team member ready to assist you with any inquiries relating to your experience at ValentinReport.com. You can use this service if you need an account problem solved immediately or you simply need a hand with getting familiar with IReC.
