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Here are some resources to help you succeed raising venture financing. I find a good financing plan saves time, gets superior offers from eager, competing investors of the finest quality. This is where you are wise to spend time planning.

 After an early morning run on the beach, I joined an entrepreneur discussing his startup idea with BlueRun Venture partners, at breakfast in Mumbai.

Hunt for Money

• Start by reading about what startups have recently gotten venture money.

• You can quickly research by industry, date and region. Then begin selecting names of which venture firms did the rounds of financing:

• Using your short list of venture firms you are interested in, start your research here on each firm.
  

• Your goal is to pick one Partner to present your business plan to at about six venture firms:

Find Venture Capitalists Here

Term Sheet

This is a document summarizing what a venture capitalist wants in an offer to invest in your company. Use it to prepare to do a superior job of negotiating a great round of venture financing:

 Look at a real term sheet

What is a "term sheet"?

I discuss term sheets on my blog, here is one of the discussions:

TERM SHEET TRICKS: Learn and apply for best practices