Books: Introduction to Alternative Credit

Federal Government Grants

Grants.gov below allows one to search for phrases or parts of words, as well as complete words. You can search phrase (e.g., “solar energy” by enclosing your prhases in quotations, represent multiple charaters with an asterisk (fish*) use logical oeprators to combine keywords to refine your search such as OR (water OR conservation), AND (water AND conservation), NOT (water NOT habitate)

GSA System for Award Management (Sam.gov).   Grants.gov.    USAID

Venture Capital

National Venture Capital Association    Atlas Ventures   Fidelity Biosciences     Flagship Ventures

Digital/Fin Tech Businesses:

Flippa Invest (matches buyers and sellers for fintech businesses with growing revenues; blasts emails out to many potential investors and then uses AI to build on this from interested potential investors, utlimately inviting potential investors into your deal room where you can engage; there are requirements (US registered entities with growing revenues))

Venture Capital Brokers: 

Balck Dog Ventures (helps businesses fund, grow and scale their business)

Venture Debt

These are actually loans. Sometimes loans can be more appealling for companies than exchanging equity which might be worth a lot latter on.

Venture lenders will look for companies which are growing (25-100% annually) and at least 10-15 million per year in revenue. These are term loans (2-3 You should look for professional counsel who have experience with venture debt. You team should also have an experienced CFO who has experience in these deals.

Arivc. (also has a lot of information and articles on venture capital).