BUSINESS ANGEL
Are you about to start a business, or have you just started? And are you looking for knowledge, capital, network, and experience to help you grow fast? If so, then we may be a match. As a business angel, I can give your start-up just the push it needs to become successful. Or advise you which incubator to join.
Experience is the best teacher.
I could have used a business angel or incubator myself. I realise that very clearly when I look back on my time at Bye Bra. I needed an entrepreneur with knowledge and experience – someone who had already seen and done it all. Moreover, someone who, by giving me more financial leeway, would ensure that I could have grown even faster. I am convinced that with the help of an investor, Bye Bra would have had reached its €1,000,000 turnover even sooner.
Now that I have sold my company myself, I do not intend to sit still. I help start-ups to grow faster, better, and cheaper.
Are you curious to know why a business angel can add much more value to your start-up than a (corporate) incubator or one of the many start-up competitions? Then click on the following button:
What do I have to offer your start-up?
I often see start-ups making the same mistakes. As an entrepreneur, I have been in your shoes myself. I know what it’s like to have to make decisions under time pressure, under pressure from incubators, or faced with a lack of budget.
I also know what it’s like to start, scale-up, and sell a business. Therefore I would like to make my knowledge and experience available to you. Besides, I am highly skilled in strategy, taxation, finance, accounting, marketing, product development, patents, and human resources, and I have a host of experience with purchasing and customer development, so you won’t have to waste time reinventing the proverbial wheel.
The seven benefits of having me as an investor by your side
I am a cooperative foreman.
I am more an entrepreneur than an investor. I’d rather be standing next to you in the mud. The best mates are not ashore; they are on the ship together. You are the entrepreneur, but I’d like to help where I can. Nothing beats the feeling of a first order and client!
I invest with real (financial) resources.
As a business angel, I have a significant budget available for each start-up. I am not a bag of money, but I do provide an inspiring office, laptops, inventory, prototypes, and everything needed to make your business a success.
I invest in your ecosystem.
A plant grows as long as you water it. A start-up grows through insights.
I therefore also invest in the ecosystem of start-ups: training, advice, coaching, and attracting talent are central to a start-up’s success.
You benefit from my network.
It took years before I had the right producers, freelancers, patent attorneys, lawyers, advertising agencies, importers, designers, transporters, and accountants behind me, and I had all the essential documents (general conditions, contracts, non-disclosure agreements, etc.) properly in order. As an investor, my network can save you time and money.
You also benefit from my network in Bulgaria.
I set up a back office in Bulgaria in an instant, with the best account managers, IT consultants, and administrative staff. Such a back office is like a V8 engine: it brings a substantial competitive advantage. We scale up faster and cheaper than any competitor.
My formula has been proven successful.
Over the years, I have developed a formula for success. Thanks to this formula, a start-up can combine Porter’s three competitive strategies into one strategy. In this way, the start-up develops competitive advantages at an early stage.
I allow you to skip the rollercoaster phase.
In practice, a start-up often has a shortage of liquidity. If we are a match, as investor I offer you a source of capital, network, and experience, so that your start-up is not slowed down by shortages. What is the effect when a business angel enters a start-up:
Initial situation:
Situation with business angel (or incubator):
A conversation for our ears only
Will we become partners? In that case, you count on all the above benefits.
Start-ups often approach me too late; for example, when applying for a patent is no longer a possibility. For this reason, it’s better to contact me too early rather than too late – ideally, before you have even worked out your idea. We sign a confidentiality agreement so that you know that your idea stays with you.
Are we a match? Let’s find out!