STARTUPS PEOPLE HOME

Grow VC New way for funding in networked world

Jouko Ahvenainen

October 6, 2011

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STARTUPS PEOPLE HOME

Grow VC: everyone funding start ups

Professional venture capital funds have become less relevant to the financing of innovation for the time being

Vision The next Silicon Valley is not a location, it is a

platform and community on the Internet

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P2P and Crowd-funding via Community Investments

Match-making and negotiation tools

for private investments

Professional service investments

Now something totally new: Anyone can start own network

Co-creation + networked economics + communities of interest can be and are, proven & powerful platforms and processes to stimulate innovation and commerce

Velocity

Lightweight Flexible Adaptive

Enabling platforms

Open Open platforms

Open API’s Open legal frameworks

Global

Grow VC

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Is not a platform, but a community and service

Acts locally, but thinks globally

#1 solution for early-phase startup funding

Is not a venture capital company, but connects

all parties including venture capital companies

Activates people, startups and investors

Want to raise money or start to invest:

Go to start www.growvc.com, you can do it today

CONTACT

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Jouko Ahvenainen Co-founder & Chairman

jouko@growvc.com

http://www.growvc.com/

Twitter: @growvc, @jahven

Podcast: ”Grow VC” in iTunes