Financing Your Invention

Financing and Loans for Your Invention or new Product Idea

• Overview of Process of Financing an Invention or Smal Business - How Stuff Works

• Tips on How to Present to Investors - PaulGraham.com

• Find out who exactly are angel investors - Inc.com (2000)

• Terrific Article of Financing Resources - Inc.com (2001)

• Angel Deals - toolbox on financing

Government Resources for Financing Your Invention

• US Small Business Administration

• Regional SBA Offices

• Office of Entreprenuerial Development

• National Science Foundation - Promotes and advances scientific progress in the United States by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for research and education in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Includes extensive list of funded activities.

Crowdsourcing and Invention Competitions

• InventorSpot.com - post frequently on all the various invention and product competions and contests looking for new product ideas.
• Quirky.com - Anyone can submit an idea, the Quirky commmunity helps develop the idea and winners are chosen every week to get their products developed.
  Making The Most of Quirky.com - Inventor Tips, Advice and Info
• GeniusCrowds.com
  Genius Crowds allows anyone to submit an idea and the community to comment. Winners can potentially be made into future products. Winners are chosen by the Genius crowds team and royalties are shared with the inventor.

Crowdfunding -online source for microfinding for your invention idea

• Kickstarter
• Crowdfunder
• CKIE
• Crowdcube
• Indiegogo
• Pozible

Other Resources

• InventorSpot.com Forum on Financing Your Invention

• vFinance - Directory of about 1500 Venture Capital Firms, 25,000 Angel Inventors and Sample Business Plan Templates

• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovator's Alliance - fosters invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in higher education through college grants.

Angel Investor Resources

• Angel Investor Magazine

• Angels' Forum

• Angel Investor Central

• Angel Network

• Atlanta Technology Angels

• Common Angels

• Garage

• Global Project Marketing Network

• Investor's Circle

• Keiretsu Forum

• Kickstarter.com

• New Vantage Group

• OffRoad Capital

• Technology Tree Group

• VentureChoice Inc

• Venture Worthy

• VFinance