SURVEY

NAME:
AGE:

18-25

25-35

Above

35

SEX:

Male

Female

1) Are you still in the planning phase of your venture or has your venture already
been rolled out?
A) Planning stage of the venture
B) Idea has already been executed
C) Idea thwarted due to lack of funds

2) Please rank on a scale (1-5) the difficulties a startup faces with respect to the following factors?
(Low) 1
2
3
4
5(high)
A) Implementation of the idea
B) Raising initial Capital
C) Expansion of the venture
D) Maintaining sustainability of
the startup
E) To price my goods/services
F) To find suitable premises
G) To find suppliers
H) To get suitable personnel
I) Technical
3) With easier and/or cheaper access to finance, would your enterprise, during the
next 3 years, grow
A) as it will anyway
B) faster
C) much faster
D) survive

4) Rank on a scale (1-4) the most preferred form of fund raising for your venture
at the initial stages?
1(low) 2
3
4(high)
A) Bootstrapping
B) VC
C) Bank Loan
D) Other
5) What is viewed as the biggest risk in the method of Bootstrapping?
A) Undercapitalization
B) Lack of investor expertise

C) Inability to focus on the broader goals

D) More risk to owner capital
6) What according to you is the biggest Bottleneck in raising capital from
financial institution such as banks and State Finance Corporations?
A) Large Collateral
B) Interest rate on the loan
C) Rise in debt levels of the venture
D) Unavailability of the required capital
E) Lack of suitable schemes
7) Rank on a scale (1-4) the difficulties that your startup faces if you accept Venture Capitalist
funding?
1(Low)
2
3
4(high)
A) Protection of the idea
B) Lower return for the founder
C) Less Flexibility for the venture
D) A half-baked exit for the startup
E) Excessive interference from the VC
8) Rank on a scale (1-4) the biggest advantages of raising capital for your venture through the Venture
Capitalist route than a financial institution?
1(Low) 2
3
4(high)
A) No specific repay schedule as in loan
B) Larger pool of capital available
C) Management and Consultancy expertise
of the VC
D) Industry connections and Business
Consultation services of the VCs
9) Keeping in mind the previous 2 questions, as an entrepreneur when would you approach a Venture
Capitalist to obtain funding for your venture?
A) Seed capital or the infancy stage
B) After bootstrapping
C) Maintaining sustainability of the venture
D) Expansion of the venture

10)
According to you, rate on a scale of 1 to 5 about the major differences
between angel investors and venture capitalists.
1(strongly
2
3
4
5(strongly
disagree)
agree)
A) VCs interfere in the management of
Venture more than angel investors
B) VCs push towards an IPO much more than a
An angel investor
C) Angel investors invest in an entrepreneur
While VC invests in the venture

D) Angel investors invest in early-stage ventures

While VCs invest in ventures with a proven
Track record
E) VCs provide much more managerial experience
Than angel investors
F) Capital invested by an angel investor is more
Than a VC
G) VCs jeopardize the venture more as have
More management powers than angel investors
11) Considering the differences in approach of both VCs and angel Investors which one would you
prefer if financing your own startup?
A) Angel Investors
B) Venture Capitalists
C) None