Cinventure - For the Cincinnati Entrepreneur » Venture Capital http://www.cinventure.com Entrepreneurship and Small Business from a Cincinnati Perspective Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 75 Blog Posts to Read Before Talking to a Venture Capitalist http://www.cinventure.com/75-blog-posts-to-read-before-talking-to-a-venture-capitalist http://www.cinventure.com/75-blog-posts-to-read-before-talking-to-a-venture-capitalist#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:03:36 +0000 aaron http://www.cinventure.com/75-blog-posts-to-read-before-talking-to-a-venture-capitalist Rob Finn of Ventureblogalist has compiled a list of 75 blog posts that he suggests reading before approaching a venture capitalist for funding. The posts have been categorized into these topics:

  • Advisory Capitalists
  • Liquidation
  • Startup Strategy
  • Characteristics of an Entrepreneur (Please don’t let these discourage you!)
  • Selecting a Venture Capital Firm
  • When to Raise Capital
  • Entrepreneur’s Pitch
  • Term Sheets
  • Success Stories

Read the full article: 75 Blog Posts to Read Before Talking to a Venture Capitalist

]]> http://www.cinventure.com/75-blog-posts-to-read-before-talking-to-a-venture-capitalist/feed 0 The Next Queen Isabella: Venture Capital for Women Entrepreneurs http://www.cinventure.com/the-next-queen-isabella-venture-capital-for-women-entrepreneurs http://www.cinventure.com/the-next-queen-isabella-venture-capital-for-women-entrepreneurs#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:43:48 +0000 aaron http://www.cinventure.com/the-next-queen-isabella-venture-capital-for-women-entrepreneurs Cincinnati-based Isabella Capital, LLC. is an investment firm inspired by Queen Isabella of Castile, who was the patron of Christopher Columbus‘ venture to the Americas.

Fund Isabella is the firm’s flagship offering, which is targeted towards early stage, women-led companies or those operating in the women’s market. Isabella believes that female-led entrepreneurial ventures are an untapped market in the venture capital industry, and hopes to find and fund start-ups that help promote minority leadership and entrepreneurship.

Here are some of the criteria for the fund:

  • Industries targeted: Information technology, health care, retail/consumer products, communications
  • Company size: $500,000 or more in annualized revenues
  • Investment size: $250,000 to $1 million per company dispersed in multiple rounds
  • Investment type: Equity or equity-linked investments, typically in the form of convertible preferred stock

Isabella’s current porfolio:

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