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AngelList

The myth is that Venture Capital VC is the primary source of startup funding, how ever figures show that VC financing is the exception not the norm, among start ups. Historically only a tiny percentage fewer that 1% of US companies have raised capital from VCs. Non VC sources of financing are growing rapidly and giving entrepreneurs many more choices than in the past. Angel investors, or wealthy individuals, who invest smaller amounts of capital at an earlier stage than VCs do – fund more than 16 times as many companies, and their share is growing. Number of VC firms fell from 744 to 526 in the decade 2001-2011.

In 2011 the capital raised was $19 billion, down from $39 billion in 2001, according to National Venture Capital Association NVCA, cited in HBR.org pp 81, May 2013. Today, alternative sources of funding is crowdfunding where by entrepreneurs raise small amounts of capital from large number of people in exchange of products or other rewards. Passage of the JOBS (jump-start our business startups) Act last year promises to support even faster growth by allowing crowdfunders to invest in exchange for equity and by expanding the pool of investors who can participate.

Kickstarter reports that more than 18000 projects raised nearly $320 million through its platform in 2012, which is three times more than the previous year. Kickstarter Website receives 9.9 million visits per month globally, which is  no doubt a contributing factor as to why so many of its projects get funding.

Angel shares in startups have shown growth of $ 22 billion in 65000 companies in 2011 – while in the same year, VCs invested in 3700 companies. AngelList online platform that connects startups with angel capital is one example.

Five deciding factors that hamper growth of startups are as follows:

1) high cost of getting the first customer and the product wrong

2) long technology development cycles

3)limited number of people with an appetite for the risks inherent in founding or working at a startup

4) structure of the venture capital industry, in which a small number of firms each needed to invest big sums in a handful of startups to have a chance at significant returns

5) the concentration of real expertise in how to build startups (Silicon Valley in US)

Source: Harvard business Review hbr.org, May 2013

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BDR Technologies

Diesel Reactor (BDR) Technologies is a clean energy technology company that provides innovative capital efficient process solutions to the multi-billion dollar global biodiesel industry.

The patented biodiesel membrane reactor offers a radical change in process operations and biodiesel product quality utilizing virgin oils, high FFA (free fatty acid) oils and next generation feedstocks.

BDR’s propriety membrane reactor system produces high quality biodiesel that surpasses the New ASTM Biodiesel No.1-B grade and the stringent quality specifications of major blenders while at the same time providing significant capital, operating and input cost savings to customers.

http://www.bdrtechnologies.com/index.html

iWatchLife

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IWatchLife records video only when events are detected so you don’t have to sort through hours of meaningless video to see what’s important.

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Epiphan Systems Inc.

 

Epiphan Systems is a world leader in high resolution VGA, DVI and audio video capture, encoding, recording and streaming hardware. Backed by rock-solid customer support, our products allow you to capture, encode, record, stream and replay virtually any high­resolution video signal.

Used extensively in a wide variety of areas including video re­cord­ing, medical imaging, webcasting and conference recording, Epiphan Systems’ products have received worldwide recognition from leading companies and organizations in the medical, secu­rity, education, transportation, industrial and IT fields

Used extensively in a wide variety of areas including video re­cord­ing, medical imaging, webcasting and conference recording, Epiphan Systems’ products have received worldwide recognition from leading companies and organizations in the medical, secu­rity, education, transportation, industrial and IT fields.

Solace Systems

Solace Systems, based in Ottawa, provides messaging middleware solutions that let companies efficiently distribute data to desktop, enterprise and mobile applications with higher performance and at lower cost than alternatives. The foundation of Solace’s solution is a turnkey appliance that’s available in two sizes to meet the needs of a wide range of businesses. Solace has been successfully deployed by customers in financial services, energy, government, internet services, telecom, transportation and logistics.

http://solacesystems.com/company/

PERFUSIX

PERFUSIX is the world’s first and only commercial provider of ex-vivo organ perfusion services. PERFUSIX employs clinically proven ex-vivo organ perfusion technology and processes that restore and improve the function of donor organs. Most importantly, PERFUSIX increases the number of organs available for transplant, improves patient and organ survival, improves recipient quality of life, and reduces post-transplant care costs.

http://www.perfusix.com/

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