Report on Understanding Angel and Venture Capital Funding
Date: 8th May 2020
Time and duration: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, 60 minutes
Resource Person with affiliation: Dr. Shushanto Mitra, Founder and CEO Lead Angel Network
Program Theme: The session was about understanding of Angel and Venture Capital Funding for early age Innovator and Entrepreneurs.
Objective: The objective of the talk was to give budding startups a clear picture about on what criteria Angel Investors or Venture Capitalist invest in a startup.
Benefit in terms of learning obtained: Great learnings about how to prepare a right pitch deck and also what is the right time for raising external funds.
Overall report of the activity: It was pleasure to listen to Dr. Shushanto Mitra, Founder and CEO Lead Angel Network. Sir started by discussing how businesses are different from startups. He talked about the right stage of innovation and startup to approach Angel and VC. He mentioned what should be in the checklist of startups before approaching for external funding. He further explained how to do the background check to identify right Angel. At the end of the session he discussed the different stages of VC and Angel funding. Overall the session was engaging and full of learnings.