This work is divided into different parts. The first part Framework and theoretical background introduces the business life cycle concept and the definition of the basic terms Start Up, finance and investment. Furthermore the first part presents briefly the different types of financing. The second section Financing sources of Start Ups goes much depper into the different financing types for Start Ups by differencing according to equity financing, debt financing, internal and external financing. The third part Categorization of Start Ups attempts to find similarities in the different business models of Start Ups in order to segment the Start Ups. The fourth chapter Results tries to match the results of section two Financing sources of Start Ups and section three Categorization of Start Ups in order to answer the research question. The last section Conclusion will complete and limit the entire work and will give recommendation for further research.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Problem definition
1.2 Research question and objectives
1.3 Structure and methodology
2 Framework and theoretical background
2.1 Business Life Cycle Concept
2.2 Definitions
2.3 Overview of the types of financing
2.3.1 Internal financing
2.3.2 External financing
2.3.3 Mezzanine financing
3 Financing sources for StartUps
3.1 Equity financing
3.1.1 Bootstrapping
3.1.2 Friends and Relatives
3.1.3 Angel Investors / Business Angels
3.1.4 Venture Capital
3.1.5 Crownd funding & Crownd investing
3.1.6 Government Grants & Public support programs
3.1.7 Incubators
3.2 Debt financing
3.2.1 Bank loans
3.2.2 Government Grants & Public support programs
3.3 Mezzanine capital
4 Categorisation of StartUps
5 Results
6 Conclusion
6.1 Summary
6.2 Answering the research question
6.3 Limitation of the research
6.4 Recommendation for further research
References
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