Would you use the services of finding investors for your project?

Question

Startups

Background:
The myth that raising money for a startup is a piece of cake has been dispelled more than once. In reality, this is terribly difficult, especially if the idea is "cosmic" only in the heads of the startups themselves. And the point may not even be in the "cosmic" of the idea itself, but in how it is presented. Investors are pragmatic people and will not spend a lot of time analyzing a "brilliant" idea. In practice, I met failures more often for the following reasons:

• Not fully thought out business model;
  
• Non-representative numbers (usually based on superficial google searches);
  
• Lack of a clear description of the project (understandable for the investor, for example, an investment memorandum);
  
• Weak assessment of the market and competitors
  

These and other reasons can cause a repulsive reaction to the project and, as a result, a span.
The question is , are start-up projects - or even growing ones - ready to take advantage of services that would reduce the distance between them and potential investors? That is, to go through a certain filter that would prepare the project and select a pool of investors for it who might be interested in it. And then present the project until the closing of the investment transaction. It costs nothing for the project, since it doesn’t have much money. The commission is taken from the investor, for them this is already a familiar scheme.
The question is rather delicate, and if you have friends who are developing their project or are looking for investments, I would like to know their opinion. So to speak from the first persons. For this, if not difficult, share this question.
Thanks in advance for your participation in the discussion.

Answer 1

Of course, there are such people. Similar services already exist, in the Russian Federation the most famous is IIDF .
If you want an opinion from those who have used it, you need something more friendly for those who are looking. In these accelerators, it is often necessary to lay out all the ideas of the project, create a prototype, a business plan and calculate everything for a couple of years in advance, which for those who are just starting to look for funding is a terrible stress and not always possible (especially if the project is at an early stage). Well, investors there almost always want profit immediately, but the conditions are horse. This is my personal experience, I can't speak for everyone.
And so - there are a lot of ideas, few investors, a lot of things scare people away. Make a user-friendly - the demand will be.

Answer 2

Another intermediary?
The process is called packaging a startup. About five years ago, it was a popular topic for startups themselves. Many people tried to sit as an intermediary between an investor and a startup. 99% of projects are blown away in the first months.
Given the decline in interest in venture investments on the part of private investors, such a service is losing its target audience
. And large funds are already able to package a startup themselves.

Answer 3

I think the original question is rhetorical - any startup goes through as many filters as there is enough time and desire. Another filter - why not? :)
Where to write?

Answer 4

If we are talking about mid-range startups, then this is basically the case. For large fish, this will most likely not be necessary.
In addition, the idea is not new and has been used quite successfully before.

Answer 5

You have described a typical business incubator, of which there are plenty now. But there, too, they are reluctant to take on bare ideas.

Answer 6

I would become an investor in such a project, but only if there was an appropriate crowdinvesting platform. But in Runet there is nothing like this yet, unfortunately ((

Answer 7

Are start-up projects - or even growing ones - ready to take advantage of services that would reduce the distance between them and potential investors?

it's not free

The topic is interesting. The only thing I did not find at least approximate conditions. As far as I understand, either a share in the project, as it is then considered. Either, similarly to hiring other consulting firms - hourly payment, or a fixed rate, if the methodology has already been worked out. Namely, this is the most important question whether they will use it or not.
Three years have passed, but I still wonder if they have done something on this topic?
Although I came across the phrase

Nobody asks for a share, and money for services too (this applies to "seed" projects)

- became even more incomprehensible. What is your profit then?