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Idea to Product

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Got An Idea?

You landed in the right place.

✔️ Writing the necessary documents

✔️ Building the product

✔️ Investing 50% of the cost

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Turning an innovative idea into a product is not an easy challenge. You have to do your market research, identify what your idea will bring to customers, prepare a business plan, find a co-founder and develop an MVP (don’t develop a prototype!). All of these tasks are challenging. The problem is even bigger if you don’t have the right skills or if you are working full time (not enough time).


Not having the proper support for even the best of ideas can kill them. In fact, many investors look at the founding team first before looking at the idea when considering making an investment. At FasterCapital we can help you! We become a cofounder. We help you in validating your idea, doing the market research, preparing the business plan, and even developing the product.

 

FasterCapital will also invest money in your startup by providing technical development per equity allowing you to build an MVP (minimum viable product) of your startup. With our program Idea to Product, we start from an early stage and we help in idea validation, market research, building the business plan and in estimating development costs.

Starting a business from scratch?
Our team will help you in building your business plan, validating your idea, building your product, among many other services

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Pay only for results achieved!
We will study the opportunity of our collaboration and how FasterCapital can help and then we will list clear time-bound milestones that need to be met. Our team will do its best to deliver the best results in terms of quality, time frames, and offering the best technical and business insights. On the other hand, if the results were not met as planned you can get a refund and pay only for what have been achieved

Join the Program

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Contact Information
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Phone & Country Code
How far are you with your idea?*
In few words, please tell us about your idea, what is the need in the market and how you are solving it?*
Who is your target customer?*
How did you come up with the idea?*
Can you invest in your idea?
Usually building a software product needs between USD 20,000 and above.
FasterCapital will provide 50% of that for equity.
How much can you provide?*
If you do not have the funds, then do you think you can raise them from a private investor?

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We work with startups from all
Industries, Stages, Countries, Industries

Other Programs

raise capital

Whether you are a startup or a business raising funds, we match you with angel investors, Venture Capitals, Government funds, banks, and other funding sources. We can also prepare/review your pitch deck, business plan and financial model.

tech cofounder

You are looking for a technical cofounder, a technical team, or a CTO to build your product. We provide technical support and cover 50% of the costs. We help you build and/or improve your MVP and handle technical development from A to Z. We help in software development, UI and UX integrating AI, others.

grow your start up

You have built your MVP and you are looking to grow your sales, increase your profitability, reach new markets, improve your marketing. We help you grow into new markets and scale while covering 50% of the cost. 

Program Services

Technical Development

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Raising Capital

We will match you with investors and provide you with a letter of commitment. We will also help you in reviewing and improving your Pitch Deck, Business Plan, and Financial Forecast

Investment

We will cover 50% of the costs

Business Development

We will support your business and take it to the next level! We can open new opportunities and new doors to your startups by introducing you to experts, investors, and mentors worldwide

  • What do you offer for startups in the Tech Cofounder Program?
    In this program, FasterCapital's team will handle technical development fully or partially. We are ready to become your technical cofounder and to be responsible for the whole development of the product from A to Z in case you have no technical team or looking for outsourced product development. We can also work with your team on specific technical modules. We are ready to invest 50% of the money needed in technical development. For example, if you are looking to raise $100k for your technical development then FasterCapital will invest 50% of that which is 50k and you only need to raise the other 50k. We will also help you get connected to investors/mentors who might be interested in supporting your startup.
  • What are the initial terms to be accepted?
    They are highlighted on the website before you do the submission. 1. You should be willing to allow FasterCapital to become the technical cofounder and develop the whole product from A to Z, or continue its development or partially help in the development. 2. To start the development process, the founder needs to secure 50% of the costs. FasterCapital invests 5o% and is willing to offer a letter of commitment to help the entrepreneur in reaching angel investors more easily. 3. The entrepreneur should be willing to provide equity to FasterCapital in exchange for the technical development services it will be providing. FasterCapital will also provide a lot of other free services throughout the program such as market study, feasibility study, market strategy, and other legal services for free! FasterCapital will not be charging the entrepreneur for any of these services because we feel it’s our duty to provide them as a technical cofounder. 4. The entrepreneur doesn’t need to relocate to UAE. We are an online incubator, accelerator, service provider and you can reside anywhere in the world and even keep your daily job until the product is built.
  • What kind of startups do you accept?
    We help startups in all industries as long as they have a technical component.
  • Will FasterCapital be the owner of the startup?
    No. We will not become the owner of the startup nor the technology (hardware/software) as the technology will be owned by the startup itself in which we have shares.
  • Who owns the source code and the IP (intellectual property) of the startup?
    The startup itself. FasterCapital has equity in the startup but the startup will own all source code and all IP from development. The source code can be later moved to another team if this is required.
  • What happens after getting the initial acceptance?
    There are two main scenarios: 1. Either you have already raised the other 50% of the seed fund needed and then we can proceed with the technical development process. 2. Or you don’t have the 50% of the money and you are looking to raise them from angel investors or VCs. In such cases, we provide you with a “Letter of Commitment” that guarantees the money for you over a period of time. This letter is a commitment that the money you want from FasterCapital will be reserved for your project over a period of time (normally less than 3 months). So, in case you were able to raise the money from an angel investor then you will know for sure that the money we promised is already committed to you. Such a letter will significantly increase your chances of raising capital from a funding source.
  • When will I receive the LoC “Letter of Commitment”?
    Once we gather all the information and agree on the amount of money that you want to raise, the amount of money needed for technical development, the equity given to FasterCapital, and discuss a little about how soon you think you can raise the other 50% from angel investors. Usually, once those are clear then your startup will be featured in front of the board and if you are accepted then you will receive a draft of the LoC that you need to fill and sign.
  • What happens If I get rejected?
    You can re-submit. Maybe the information that you sent is not enough or maybe you should think again about the amount of money to be raised and the equity you want to give to FasterCapital. It’s a good chance to read more about the program and to rethink the opportunity. We encourage you to re-submit if you think it makes sense after the review.
  • In the Letter of Commitment, you mention a period of 3 months as commitment, what happens if I could not raise the money needed during this period?"
    It depends on how advanced you are in the process itself and how much attraction you have got from investors. If there's progress then you can ask for an extension and we will study it and get back to you.
  • What resources does your business team provide?
    Our business team will restudy the whole business plan and come back with questions/challenges. This service is provided for free during the Tech Cofounder program and can amount to $150k. We provide some market and sales research, we can help through our network. We also provide Legal services but you might still need a dedicated lawyer in case things are complicated. In case you are interested in more comprehensive business development services, check out our growth program; Grow your Startup.
  • Is the 50% co-funding a must criterion for the Tech Cofounder Program?
    50% is the standard requirement. We can accept startups that have 40% in some cases.
  • If FasterCapital will handle the whole technical development process, what should be available from the entrepreneur?"
    An innovative idea, a business plan, a financial forecast study, and of course 50% of the funding. The founder(s) will be also responsible for raising funds, marketing, and sales.
  • After getting initially accepted, when will I move to the next stage? When can we start the technical development process?"
    We can move forward once you secure the other 50% of the capital needed or got at least a clear positive commitment from an investor.
  • What technologies is your team familiar with? What aspects of technical development can deal with in the Tech Cofounder program?
    You can take a look at technologies that we cover if you check accepted and graduated startups in our Tech Cofounder program (both graduated and those that are incubated now) by taking a look at our portfolio. The technologies covered include PHP, java, nodejs, react, different database types, .net, C#, Python, Android and iOS native applications, and many others.
  • We already have a technical team. How can FasterCapital help me? Can I still get funding by FasterCapital?
    We can work with your already existing technical team on separate modules while covering 50% of the costs that FasterCapital’s team is responsible for. If your product is already built we can help with growing the startup by offering sales and marketing services in our Grow your Startup program while also covering 50% of the costs.
  • Once the product is done, how do you manage upgrades and enhancements?"
    As long as we are the tech cofounder, then we will have to do all the upgrades and enhancements. We are always responsible for technical development and product improvement.
  • Do you provide any other help besides technical help?
    Yes, we do. We have a full team of mentors and advisors. In addition, we can connect you with potential co-founders and clients. At a later stage, we can also help introduce your start-up to VCs and angel investors. We also cover 50% of the costs needed for technical development.
  • What are the biggest advantages of joining your program?
    You will have your first investor and you will have a technical cofounder/tech partner or your CTO! We will save you the trouble of finding a professional technical team. We will share the costs of development with you and will continuously support the products/services for any modifications or improvements that might be needed. You will have immediate access to potential investors who are ready to invest in your startup even if your business idea is at an early stage and all you have is a business plan and an executive summary. We are ready to work with you on building your dream technical startup and a presentable MVP product.
  • Who might join your Tech Cofounder program?
    Any entrepreneur who is looking for a technical cofounder or a professional technical team. So if an entrepreneur lacks the technical knowledge or the funding to build the technical component of their start-up, then we will be ready to offer technical development services and 50% of the costs.
  • FasterCapital contributes 50% of the funding. Is the startup expected to contribute the other 50% of the fund on their own?
    The entrepreneurs are expected to secure the other 50% either through their own investment (savings, family or friends) or through an angel investor. Once the startup gets an initial acceptance then we will send them a letter of commitment where we clarify that we will commit 50% of the money they need. Such an agreement can be used when they will later raise money from angel investors (to show that they have been accepted and FasterCapital is committed to invest 50% of the money needed).
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