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.

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

• E-Media Club

• Garage

• Global Project Marketing Network

• Investor's Circle

• InvestPrivate

• Keiretsu Forum

• Money Hunt

• New Vantage Group

• OffRoad Capital

• SAVP

• Technology Tree Group

• Tri-State Investment Group

• truePilot

• VentureChoice Inc

• Venture Worthy

• VFinance

• Washington Dinner Club