|
Plan Heaven connects entrepreneurs, investors and resources through the use of online collaboration tools and high-quality video presentations. Our goal is to create additional infrastructure for entrepreneurs and investors to aid in the angel fundraising process. Securing an angel round of funding can be extremely time consuming, expensive, and difficult. On the other side, angel investors have the challenge of efficiently sorting through investment opportunities and then executing proper due diligence to make a smart decision. Angel groups across the country provide an environment for entrepreneurs to connect with angel investors. At Plan Heaven, we work with angel groups to further increase the likelihood of entrepreneurs securing angel funding while at the same time making it even easier for investors to find the right fit for their investment criteria.
The Concept
Every month, in cities across the country, angel investor groups provide a crucial service by bringing accredited investors together to watch presentations by a handful of pre-screened entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs and angel investors are strangers to each other, but their mutual affiliation with the angel group lends credibility to both parties while at the same time orchestrating dialogue. In this way, start-ups secure funding that would not have been likely without the infrastructure provided by the angel group. That said, the fund raising process for early stage companies goes from "nearly impossible" to just "extremely difficult".
Plan Heaven helps to solve two major problems faced by entrepreneurs: properly communicating the investment opportunity and accessing the right investors. At the monthly angel group session an entrepreneur can properly convey all aspects of their business and the investment opportunity in a 10-minute presentation. That's fine for the 10 - 20 investors that show up for that month's session, but what about the other 50 to 100 angel investors in the group that didn't show up? What about the huge ,untapped network of angel investors that are friends with those members of the angel group? How do they all learn about all the nuances and exciting details of the entrepreneur's investment opportunity? In the large majority of cases these angel investors, who didn't happen to make the monthly session, don't hear about the opportunity at all. In a few rare instances they may be passed an executive summary via a colleague or take the time to download it themselves from the angel group's website. However, so much of what the entrepreneur is trying to communicate is lost in an executive summary. A presentation is a much richer form of communication for it allows the entrepreneur to convey all the excitement, confidence, and important details of the opportunity. Plan Heaven has resources that can assist entrepreneurs in preparing a video presentation so that investors can absorb the pitch in its entirety, all online. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then what does a video do at 30 frames per second? Which experience is more memorable and conveys more information: a billboard or a 30-second professional television commercial? The difference is everything.
At Plan Heaven, Angel investors can search start-up companies seeking funding, view presentations they missed at their monthly angel group session, or receive custom email alerts announcing any new investment opportunities in a specific industry or region. Are you an accredited investor on the West Coast that wants to hear about any new bio-tech start-up on the East Coast? No problem. Plan Heaven helps the entrepreneur effectively communicate his or her message to accredited investors all over the country.
If you have any questions, please feel free to Contact us at the telephone number or email address on the top of this page
Legal Disclaimer
Plan Heaven, provides a web page for the matching of entrepreneurs of early stage technology companies with investors who are committed to funding high-risk opportunities. Plan Heaven does not endorse any of these investment opportunities and makes no recommendations regarding the appropriateness of particular investment opportunities for any investor. Plan Heaven makes no independent investigations to verify the factual information submitted to potential investors and Plan Heaven makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information provided by applicant entrepreneurs. As a result, potential investors must conduct their own investigation of the merits and risks of each investment opportunity, and negotiate the terms of their investment. All investors are strongly encouraged to seek legal and other professional counsel prior to making such investments.
Membership in Plan Heaven does not constitute an offer by Plan Heaven to sell, or the solicitation by Plan Heaven of an offer to buy, any investment interest in the business ventures of applicant entrepreneurs. Any sale or purchase of an investment interest shall be a private transaction between the entrepreneur and the investor members without any participation by or remuneration to Plan Heaven. Plan Heaven does not function as a broker-dealer or investment advisor and is not registered as such with any federal or state securities regulator.
|