Grant-funding and equity finance (Spin-Off Competence Lab)
7 videos • 14 views • by SEA-EU European University of the Seas All start-up businesses will need early finance to cover the deficits that arise prior to the new enterprise becoming profitable. Since start-up rarely have products or services for sale at the outset, it is usually impossible to raise debt finance from a bank since there is no revenue from which to make loan repayments. Unless the founders have personal funds available, the other main options are grant-funding from Government schemes or equity finance from investors who buy shares in the company. This latter option is not easy. Prof Smith will guide attendees through the steps that need to be taken when seeking either forms of start-up funding and review that online training programme that may be accessed through this project. https://researcheu.sea-eu.org/grant-f...