2008 Venture Capital &
Angel Investor Events:

Miami, FL, May 21
NYC, NY, June 5
PVC4 NYC, Nov '08

More 2008 events will be announced soon!




Pitching Across America 2007


The 2007 Competition was a huge success!
The Winners are announced here!


FP Venture Guide Magazine

Venture Guide to the Top 400+ Venture Firms
List your company in our Quarterly Venture Guide which will be printed and mailed to the Top 400+ Venture Firms. Your company profile will be listed along with your contact information, industry, and how much capital you are seeking. Click Here to List Your Company

FP Public Relations Toolkit

FundingPost.com has teamed up with PR Newswire to offer a free PR Toolkit,which includes educational articles, press release writing tips, answers to common questions and distribution information. *Plus for a limited time you’ll receive a special package of free and discounted services valued at $1,400.
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FP Venture Commentary

Are You Venture Worthy ? New VentureWorthy Results / Trends

We wanted to provide an update from the
ongoing market analysis of VentureWorthy.com.
VentureWorthy researches companies while
they are in the process of raising capital,
versus other research platforms today which
report only on companies after they have
completed raising capital.

- 66% of companies raising capital are at
the Startup stage, 22% are at the Launched
stage, and 10% are Profitable.

- Emerging companies reported that they have
the following number of employees:
1 to 5 - 52%
6 to 10 - 19%
11 to 20 - 14%
21 to 50 - 13%

- 32% of emerging companies stated they need
an accounting firm / accounting assistance now.

- 16% stated that they need a law firm now.

- 33% of the surveyed companies stated that
they would need a law firm in the near future.

If you are interested to see how your
company compares against similar companies
who are also seeking capital, please go to
VentureWorthy.com to complete the free
survey today:
www.ventureworthy.com

Agree? Disagree? Please email your viewpoints and comments to info@FundingPost.com we will discuss your comments here.
Read previous Venture commentary here.



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FP Poll

The venture market in the next 6 months will
Will not improve
Improve slightly
Will show great improvement
See results from previous polls here.

FundingPost.com Site Statistics

Top 10 Company Categories Percent
1 Consumer Products and Services 10 %
2 Media and Entertainment 9 %
3 Real Estate 9 %
4 Internet / e-Commerce 8 %
5 Software 5 %
6 Retail / Distribution 5 %
7 Other 4 %
8 Business Products and Services 4 %
9 Industrial / Energy 4 %
10 Restaurant / Food Services 4 %


Capital Seeking Breakdown Percent
$1 - 3 Million 23 %
$500,000 - 1M 17 %
$250,000 12 %
$100,000 11 %
$500,000 10 %
$3 - 5 Million 10 %
$5 - 10 Million 7 %
$20 - 50 Million 3 %
$10 - 20 Million 3 %


Company Stages Percent
Startup 31 %
Product Launched 18 %
Revenue Stage 14 %
Profitable 12 %
Prototype 11 %
Concept 5 %
Break Even 4 %


Total Capital Represented
$101.35 Billion


FP Book of the Week

How To Raise Your First Million Dollars
We interviewed 10 of the most active Angel Groups in America and over 87 pages of this downloadable ebook, you will learn:
What industries they are investing in / typical investment size, Who is funding pre-revenue deals, What type of return (exit) they are looking for, How they are setting the valuation for Series A companies, What Angels REALLY want in a business plan
- (Special Bonus: Directory listing of the 50 most active Angel Groups in America)

This is truly an insiders look into every step of the process from how you should contact an Angel Investor group through how to value your company and follow up to get your first million dollar check!


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