HOW CAN I FUND MY START-UP?

Delivered By Anand Ramdeo For Kingston University Students

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I am alive

I can eat

I can see

I can read

I can use Internet

Iamfree

Approximately 57,164,430 people have died this year.

Around 884,891,340 people are undernourished and more than 22,000

people die of hunger evert day!

Around 39 million people are blind and 246 million have low vision.

Nearly 17% of the world population is still not literate.

Nearly 48%% of the world population still do not have access

to computer and Internet.

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

You have freedom over your action and

thoughts.

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WHY YOU SHOULD START-UP?

WHAT IS PLANNED DEPARTURE?

DIGITAL LIFEContinuous digitisation has transformed our lives from

physical to digital world

DIGITAL FOOTPRINTOur growing digital footprint has huge emotional and

financial value associated with it

THINKWhat would happen to our digital world after we pass

away?

428 Facebook users die every hour!

Average value of our digital assets is 35,000 USD

Domain names, Virtual currencies, PayPal, iTunes and other digital assets

have real financial value!

LOST OR ABUSED!Identity of 2.5 million US citizens is stolen every year after

they pass away.

SOLUTIONPlanned Departure makes it easier to manage scattered

digital assets

BENEFITS

• Manage scattered digital life

• Increased Awareness

• Easier access to critical information

• Management of digital assets on the mobile apps

• Digital solution for a digital age problem

WHY YOU SHOULD RAISE FUND?

TO FOCUS ON ONE THING

YOUR OPTIONS

• Your human capital - What can you achieve with your team without spending money?

• Savings - How best you can use the resources you already have?

• Friends & Family - Can you sell your idea to people who already trust you?

ANGEL HUNT?

• Angel Investors - Can you reach out to people who are willing to trust and invest in you?

• Pre-paid customers - Can you approach customers who would be willing to pay you - upfront?

• Government Funding - Are you innovating? Check funding options from technology strategy board.

ADVENTURES

• Bank Loan - Can you contact your local bank and apply for loan?

• Start-up loan - Can you apply for Smarta, virgin start-up and other start-up loans?

• Adventurous Funding - Are you committed and have exhausted all the options? Including credit cards?

EVENTS, COMPETITION & NETWORKS

• Pitching Competitions

• Paid pitching events

• Seedcamp

• Combinator

• 20+ Incubators in London!

CROWDFUNDING

CROWDFUNDING MODELS

• Donation - No tangible rewards. Example, GoFundMe.com

• Reward - Appreciation or early access. Example, Kickstarter

• Lending - Lender receives interest on money. Example, Kiva

• Equity - Equity stake in the business. Example, Seedrs.

Equity Based Crowdfunding

Investor holds a direct equity interest.

Example, CrowdCube

Nominee Structure. Example, Seedrs

CONSIDER• What stage are you? • How much are you raising? • In which sector do you operate? • What are your long term plans? • What kind of investors would be useful for you? • Have you seen similar deals on the platform you are considering? • Ready? Do the Ground Work before launching your crowdfunding

campaign!!

THANK YOUAnand Ramdeo

FounderPlannedDeparture.com

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