Startups and the fundraising process in investment funds and accelerators

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the process for raising funds for Startups, considering the legal, accounting and financial aspects with investment funds. Through a qualitative and descriptive study, the research was classified as documentary and survey, using a questionnaire with closed questions and a Likert scale, scored by content analysis, as it researched startups in various stages of development in order to understand fundraising with investment funds and accelerators, through the responses of the founders of startups based in the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. As a result, it was obtained that the startups that participated in the research have a Software business as a Service (SaaS), and its target audience is Business to business (B2B), and the majority have already received investments from accelerators, investment funds and angel investors. It is concluded that the results corroborate the challenges encountered and the experiences of the founders in the bureaucratization of consolidating fundraising, such as participating in selection processes, meeting the minimum requirements for participation in the process, and which ways they attracted investments and that one way to prepare for this fundraising process is to obtain consultancy support.