Match the Term
Basics
Equity or Debt
Examples
100

An individual investing personal money for a share in an early-stage startup.

Angel Investor

100

What is the term for raising money by selling part ownership in a company?

Equity Financing

100

Investors get shares in return for money.

Equity

100

Phil Knight started Nike with his own money. This is an example of?

Bootstrapping

200

The process of going public and selling shares on the stock market.

Initial Public Offerings [IPO]

200

What is the term for raising funds by borrowing money that must be repaid with interest?

Debt Financing

200

The company must repay the money with interest.

Debt

200

This startup was famously bootstrapped and is now a top stock trading platform in India.

Zerodha

300

Funding collected online from many people in small amounts.

Crowd Funding

300

Initial funding provided by friends and family to a startup.

Love Money

300

This gives investors voting rights.

Equity

300

This smartwatch brand had 20% market share in 2015 in the US.

Pebble

400

Unsecured interest-bearing loan from the public.

Debentures
400

Funding a business using only personal savings or internal resources.

Bootstrapping

400

Debentures are a form of this financing.

Debt financing

400

Nike went public in 1980 through?

IPO [Initial Public Offerings]

500

Professional firms or individuals that invest in high-growth startups for equity.

Venture Capitalists

500

A company wants to raise money without giving up ownership or control. It decides to issue these financial instruments to borrow funds from the public. What are they?

Bonds/Debentures

500

This type does not require repayment.

Equity Financing

500

This iconic company was started with seed funding from its founder and a 50% investment from a track coach, before going public in 1980.

Nike

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