Why your company should always be deal ready
OwnersRoom is an investor and deals platform for deals managed by companies themselves. These deals could be equity capital raises, secondary transactions, convertible loans, and the issue of derivatives like options for employee ownership. When there is a deal the company publishes it to their investors for digital subscription and signing – and keep track of […]
Why we built OwnersRoom
Raising capital for private companies is not about the perfect pitch or investor roadshows, but about people and relationships. We built OwnersRoom to reduce the barriers for raising capital by facilitating increased engagement and trust-building between investors and companies. OwnersRoom is an investor platform with three parts that all work together for building such relationships: […]
The case for investor portals
The case for investor portals How investor portals level the playing field between investing in public and private companies. While publicly traded companies are information transparent and open for investment, private companies practice tight information and investor control. Sometimes too tight. Hence, they often lose the battle for capital as investors prefer transparent asset classes […]
The value of share liquidity in private companies
The value of share liquidity in private companies Share liquidity in private companies is often viewed with scepticism. However, facilitating transactions internally between shareholders can have amazing effects for both the company and its investors. Private companies often restrict transfer of shares in order to control who are to become shareholders, and to regulate the […]
Balancing growth and profitability in tech startups
Balancing growth and profitability in tech startups Many tech startups are only focused on growth and aim to become unicorns. Other startups aim for profitability, the cockroach approach (see “How to build a cockroach startup”). This article advocate balanced growth, a strategy that maximize growth given a certain level of profitability. Background The first company I co-founded […]
