2. Our mission is to help small businesses grow
and prosper in regions across the country by
providing business owners easy access to
needed services.
3. • Easy access to resources
• Increased awareness of resources
• Solid partnerships to fill gaps
• Measured impact
Make Entrepreneurship Easier
4. Make them Visible Strengthen Network
Calendar
Resource
Navigator
Hotline
Training
Capital
Work
Space
Identify
and Fill
Gaps
Identify Assets
Building an ecosystem
6. • Social
Media
• Referrals
Promote
• Community
• Partner
Meetings
Engage
• Hotline
• Facilitated
discussions
Listen
• Identify
and Report
Gaps
Respond
• Programs
to fill gaps
Collaborate
Finding and filling gaps
7. 1 Build the Network Number of partners
Milestones
website, calendar
Resource Navigator
partner meetings
2 Activate the Network Network Access
web visits
hotline calls
Resource Navigator searches
Network Strength
partners
calendar events
satisfaction survey results
Network Reach
friends and followers
sources of traffic
Measuring progress
8. 3 Leverage the Network Gap reports
Collaborations
partner involvement
funding
Jobs, starts, debt/equity, sales
4 Drive the ecosystem Data reports
Leveraged funding $$
New programs
Dashboard
Be the difference in your community
14. Product: We Create Capital
Solving the Funding Gap for Early-Stage Companies
Information on “funding the funds”
Review of debt and equity infrastructure
Finding holes
Recommendations of how to fill them
15. Source Loan Size
<$1,000 $0-50,000
$50-
250,000
up to
$350,000
up to
$500,000
up to
$5M
Personal Emergency Loan x
Secured credit cards x
Credit building loans x
Microloans x
Community Advantage x
SBA bank loan guarantees x
Small Loan Advantage x
SBA Express x
SBA Veterans Adv. x
Export Express x
7(a) x
Cap Lines x
International Trade x
Export Working Captial x
SBA 504 Loans x
Non-bankable Bankable with guarantees
Strategically building early-stage debt infrastructure
16. Deals by year by series
<$1M $1-3M $3-7.5M $7.5-10M $10-20M
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Preseed Seed Series A Series B Series C Mezzanine IPO
17. Sources of Funds 2009-2013
<$1M $1-3M $3-7.5M $7.5-10M $10-20M
Note: not all investors are disclosed
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
KC Area MO/KS Nebraska Outside Region
Preseed Seed Series A Series B Series C Mezz
18. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Mezzanine
Series C
Series B
Series A
Seed
Preseed
Funded Companies
Who Received Assistance
2014
None Assistance
19. IPO
Mezzanine
Series C
Series B
Series A
Seed
Pre seed
Digital Sandbox KC, SBIR, MTC IDEA
Funds, SparkLabKC
Angels, InvestMidwest, OpenAir,
Five Elms
Angels, Individuals
October Capital
C3, TGP
Who is funding what?
20. Are you using every
mechanism available to
fund early-stage
companies?
….
U.S. Treasury
SSBIC
CDFI
NMTC
SBA
Microloan
SBIC
SBIR
Loan guarantees
Banks
Small business loans
…