• Venture capitalist/private equity
It is the first large investment that a startup or nay company can expect to receive. The investor and the company or the startup will normally enter into a non-binding offer based on the preliminary valuation of the company usually followed with a financial, legal and technical due diligence on the company as required by the investors.
• Angel Investors
Angel investors are persons or group of industry professionals who are willing to fund the venture in return for an equity stake. The investment done by angel investor must shall be locked in for the period of one year. They are usually successful entrepreneur or retired business executive.
• Bridge Round
It is the sort of financing option where the startup or any company tries to ‘’bridge’’ the gap between larger funding round. It is an interim financing round raised between larger funding rounds. Startups always first targets the their existing investors during the bridge round and raise from new investors if only additional funding is needed.