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Profile types |
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 Basic profile
The basic profile allows you to provide the investors with a summary of your business and for the investors to show interest by requesting more information or emailing you. It is the first step on the ladder to getting your business “investment ready”.
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 Enhanced profile
The enhanced profile is designed to provide the entrepreneur with all the tools to be “investment ready” including a full business plan. Once your profile is “investment ready” you can use the additional features of the enhanced profile such as hotmatch to advertise your business opportunity to investors.
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 Pro profile
The pro profile starts by reviewing your business plan and then advertises your profile out to business angel groups and Venture Capitalists who are not directly registered with the inbizvest website. This profile is recommended for entrepreneurs who are serious about finding investment and are willing to pay to find investment.
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Basic profile features |
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Business plan summary |
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The business plan summary is designed to allow the entrepreneur to give investors a brief overview of their business and the level of investment they are looking for. So it includes business stage, business location, business sector, summary of the business, type of investment required, investment amount and how that investment will be used. |
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 Notifications
Notifications are designed to alert you via email when events occur that affect your profile. You can control which notifications you receive via your account preferences.
 Profile views – Sends you a weekly email telling you how many people have viewed your profile by an investor
Profile comments – Alerts you if comments are added to your profile
Request for information – Alerts you if an investor requests more information about your business
Profile vote - Alerts you if an investor votes for your profile
Private email – Alerts you if you are sent a private email
Profile watch – Alerts you if an investor adds your profile to their watch portfolio
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Mini review |
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One of the inbizvest team reviews your business summary and provides constructive feedback on your summary and business idea. This feedback is designed to improve your chances of finding investment. You must complete your business summary prior to requesting a mini review. |
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Enhanced profile features |
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Hot match |
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 The hot match feature takes the investment preferences from each investor such as business sector, investment value and business location and matches that to entrepreneurs business plans. Where a match occurs the investor is sent a hot match email with details of the matching entrepreneurs business plan. This is a great way for entrepreneurs to get their business plan in front of investors who are looking to invest in their market sector. The hot match feature is run automatically once a week and entrepreneurs can see which investors they were matched with.
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Full business plan |
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The full business plan is made up of the business plan summary and the following sections: Product/service - A detailed description of the product or service your are offering, including supporting pictures. The unique selling points (USPs) of your offering. An overview of the market that your product or service fits in and the size of the market opportunity.
Management team - Outline of your companies management team either current or planned. Attach the CV of each team member. Detail the skill set of each member and any gaps that will need filling.
Financial - A five year revenue and profit projection, a cash flow forecast and details of any current and previous trading figures. The level of investment required and what return on investment (ROI) the investor can expect.
Marketing & sales - Analysis of top 3 competitors including any known trading figures for those competitors. Detail of how the revenue figures will be achieved, how will you win customers.
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Featured profile |
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Your profile is included in our featured profile slot in the search section on a rotating basis. Your profile is also included in the enhanced profile section on the home page of the web site. Lastly your profile is included in our newsletter that gets sent to each investor. That gives you three more opportunities to get in front of investors. |
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Respond to investors |
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Investors can communicate with entrepreneurs through profile comments and the inbizvest private email system. However an entrepreneur can only respond if they have an enhanced profile. Investors often require clarification on elements of a business plan so being able to respond to those queries is critical to finding investment. |
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 Upload a video pitchA video pitch is often easier for an investor to digest in the first instance and is a great way of getting your business idea across. It must always be supported with a full business plan. You can upload your video pitch to your profile in avi, mpg, mpeg or flv format. |
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Pro profile features |
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Externally advertised |
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We advertise your profile directly to Angel groups and Venture Capitalists who are not directly registered on the inbizvest website. |
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Business plan review |
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To ensure your business plan is fully “investment ready” one of the inbizvest team will review your plan. We then provide concise and clear feedback to help you improve your business plan and dramatically increase your chances of finding investment.
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Exportable Business plan |
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Export your business plan from inbizvest into a word document so that you can use it outside of the website.
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