Comments on: Entrepreneur Internet Gathering, The Equity Gap, and Achilles the Trojan! http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56 eCommerce, Researching Products, Entrepreneurship Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » A new event is launching in February called Startup! http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-312 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » A new event is launching in February called Startup! Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:34:59 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-312 [...]  A couple of months ago Philip Wilkinson from CrowdStorm blogged about something he termed the equity gap. “Speaking to everyone after the [Internet Peeps] dinner, the general feeling was that the VC networks are struggling to find good deals to invest their money and are also taking a cautionary approach to early stage business ventures. It was noted that the UK has a distinct lack of visibility with so called Angel Networks (smaller amounts of investments from £20k - £400k from successful entrepreneurs) in order to help businesses scale up and get investment ready for these VC networks. Without this, a business is often caught in what is known as the “equity gap” where they don’t have enough money to grow and at the same time they can’t get the money because they are not big enough!” [...] [...]  A couple of months ago Philip Wilkinson from CrowdStorm blogged about something he termed the equity gap. “Speaking to everyone after the [Internet Peeps] dinner, the general feeling was that the VC networks are struggling to find good deals to invest their money and are also taking a cautionary approach to early stage business ventures. It was noted that the UK has a distinct lack of visibility with so called Angel Networks (smaller amounts of investments from £20k – £400k from successful entrepreneurs) in order to help businesses scale up and get investment ready for these VC networks. Without this, a business is often caught in what is known as the “equity gap” where they don’t have enough money to grow and at the same time they can’t get the money because they are not big enough!” [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Angel Pitch a web 2.0 dating agency? http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-101 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Angel Pitch a web 2.0 dating agency? Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:56:25 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-101 [...] One of the hardest things to do in the UK is to raise seed capital to get your new startup idea going. If you want to raise £1m+ it’s probably easier to find VC’s who are prepared to invest in you. Philip Wilkinson of Crowdstorm (nee Kelkoo UK) recently blog’d about this equity gap. “It was noted that the UK has a distinct lack of visibility with so called Angel Networks (smaller amounts of investments from £20k – £400k from successful entrepreneurs) in order to help businesses scale up and get investment ready for these VC networks. Without this, a business is often caught in what is known as the “equity gap? where they don’t have enough money to grow and at the same time they can’t get the money because they are not big enough!” [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch - Internet Peeps Dinner « Manoj Ranaweera’s Blog http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-49 TechCrunch - Internet Peeps Dinner « Manoj Ranaweera’s Blog Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:04:30 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-49 [...] From the QnA session, the one thing I took away was the fact that VC’s are struggling to find start-ups to invest in. The point being that start-ups no longer need to raise the £1m+ previously needed in the web 1.0 period to get an idea up and running. Now £20-£40k gets you on the web and with actual subscribers/users to prove the model. In some cases the start-up can actually be profitable before they need to raise new growth capital. The thing that is still missing is the angel investment capital which Philip Wilkinson describes as the equity gap. [...] [...] From the QnA session, the one thing I took away was the fact that VC’s are struggling to find start-ups to invest in. The point being that start-ups no longer need to raise the £1m+ previously needed in the web 1.0 period to get an idea up and running. Now £20-£40k gets you on the web and with actual subscribers/users to prove the model. In some cases the start-up can actually be profitable before they need to raise new growth capital. The thing that is still missing is the angel investment capital which Philip Wilkinson describes as the equity gap. [...]

]]> By: alan patrick http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-48 alan patrick Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:11:01 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-48 @ Philip...I was thinking similar....use Web 2.0 principles to put together a web 2.0 funding system. I saw so much good stuff in the UK left sidelined last time around and it will happen again if nothing is done. Mail me on alan.patrick@broadsight.com, lets see what we can knock together. @ Philip…I was thinking similar….use Web 2.0 principles to put together a web 2.0 funding system. I saw so much good stuff in the UK left sidelined last time around and it will happen again if nothing is done. Mail me on alan.patrick@broadsight.com, lets see what we can knock together.

]]> By: jamescoops http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-47 jamescoops Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:33:00 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-47 It seems a lot of the current UK 2.0 success stories plug "the equity gap" with money from 1.0 Birthday Alarm - Bebo Another.com - Snipperoo Firebox - Mindcandy One thing the UK does have in its favour is easy access to debt if you're in employment. It seems a lot of the current UK 2.0 success stories plug “the equity gap” with money from 1.0

Birthday Alarm – Bebo

Another.com – Snipperoo

Firebox – Mindcandy

One thing the UK does have in its favour is easy access to debt if you’re in employment.

]]> By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Internet Peeps Dinner http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/entrepreneur-internet-gathering-the-equity-gap-and-achilles-the-trojan/56/comment-page-1#comment-46 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Internet Peeps Dinner Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:44:06 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=56#comment-46 [...] From the QnA session, the one thing I took away was the fact that VC’s are struggling to find start-ups to invest in. The point being that start-ups no longer need to raise the £1m+ previously needed in the web 1.0 period to get an idea up and running. Now £20-£40k gets you on the web and with actual subscribers/users to prove the model. In some cases the start-up can actually be profitable before they need to raise new growth capital. The thing that is still missing is the angel investment capital which Philip Wilkinson describes as the equity gap. [...] [...] From the QnA session, the one thing I took away was the fact that VC’s are struggling to find start-ups to invest in. The point being that start-ups no longer need to raise the £1m+ previously needed in the web 1.0 period to get an idea up and running. Now £20-£40k gets you on the web and with actual subscribers/users to prove the model. In some cases the start-up can actually be profitable before they need to raise new growth capital. The thing that is still missing is the angel investment capital which Philip Wilkinson describes as the equity gap. [...]

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