California Investment Network

Entrepreneurs - How It Works

We have created a database of California investors who are regular investors in California startups and businesses requiring capital. Our site also gives you access to investors from our partner sites in in New York, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania. We charge no commission and our rates are low, so the cost to you of finding investment can be as little as $149.

We offer a fast and easy process to get your business proposal in front of investors:

Step 1: Register as an Entrepreneur

The first step in reaching investors through the California Investment Network is to register. This involves answering a few questions about yourself in our one page registration form. It is free to register and the process only takes a few minutes. What are you waiting for? Register here.

Step 2: Create A Proposal

Once you have registered, you can then login and create an investment proposal. We don't ask you for a detailed business plan, only that you answer questions that investors need to know in order to do initial due diligence on your idea and your business. When you are ready to activate your proposal, a staff member will do a final review prior to releasing the proposal to investors.

Step 3: Find Matching Investors

Once your proposal is approved, our system will cross reference your proposal information with investor preferences to determine which investors should be notified about your proposal.

Step 4: Make Contact

Once your proposal is distributed to investors, you will be notified if an investor is interested in your proposal. Please be aware that we are a match-making service only. We receive no commissions so our rates for helping you find investors can remain low. Our system gives you access to contact information of interested investors, however, we do not become involved in due diligence, negotiations, or deal structuring between you and any interested investors.

Payment Options

Option 1 Submit your investment proposal for free using our Basic Services package. When our online matching service finds an investor interested in your opportunity, you can then contact the investor by upgrading to our Referral Services or Premium Services packages. Your proposal remains active for 180 days and all investor contacts are included in the price of the upgrade packages, no matter how many of them there are. Please Note: If you submit your investment proposal for free, it must be 100% anonymous.

Option 2 Alternatively you can pay an upfront fee for one of our two higher grade packages (Referral Services, Premium Services) and take advantage of our enhanced services. This will increase your chances of finding investment by allowing you easier and faster access to interested investors and the use of the many premium services discussed on our rates page.

Registered Investors

United States > North Carolina

Career spans over thirty years as a business owner, corporate executive, consultant, and scholar. Spent the first sixteen years of my career as an entrepreneur, creating, building, and managing several successful companies, including a commercial banking firm that catered to vendors and manufacturers using equipment financing as a catalyst for driving incremental sales. This business was acquired in 1996 and went through multiple mergers and acquisitions that ultimately led me to joining Citigroup’s CitiCapital division as Vice President. For the next seven years I managed the business technology sector responsible for Cisco Systems, Oracle, and other major companies, building this group’s sales to over $200 million. As a consultant, coach, and Chairman of Funding, my clients have included well known companies such as Ericsson, Lucent, Corning Optics, Herman Miller, Haworth, Steelcase, as well as many small and midsize businesses.

$250,000 to $4,000,000

United States > Arizona

Former CPA, apparel industry veteran and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and an established history of creating, managing, building brands and profitable enterprises. Extensive performance in multiple facets of business management, accounting and finance, manufacturing, sales and operations, negotiation and structuring key acquisitions and a variety of strategic alliances.

$25,000 to $2,500,000

United States > California

Corporate Finance Executive with 15 years of experience in fortune 500 corporations across process manufacturing, distribution, software (SaaS) and services industries. Six Sigma master black belt (process improvement) with expertise in sustained working capital improvement initiatives. Deep short-term and long-term financial planning and analysis across entire P&L. Seeking opportunity to be hands-on and engaged equity partner in a small business. I am a Private Investor.

$50,000 to $500,000

United States > Illinois

we provides financing and management assistance primarily to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through factoring in california and internationally. The company offers various factoring services, including international factoring, recourse factoring, non-recourse factoring, maturity factoring, indirect factoring, and full factoring, as well as financing for SMEs. It also involves in various leasing activities comprising nautical leasing, property leasing, equipment leasing, and vehicle leasing. In addition, the company provides Rendimax, an online savings account. It also serves large enterprises, business people, and private individuals.

$200,000 to $5,000,000

United States > California

I am looking to invest in a company that will give me 30% return in investment over the course of 3 years. Looking for only serious entrepreneurs. Please contact with a business plan. Preferred in the Computer Technology Sales and or Support.

$100,000 to $2,500,000

United States > California

Wharton graduate. Previous Wall St. experience and financial valuations background. Entrepreneur seeking digital media startups for investment, both personally and for family trust.

$100,000 to $250,000

United States > Virginia

I have invested in many companies over the years. Won some and lost on several but it is a numbers game. I look for strong management teams that listen to advisors well and know their marketplace. I also try to bring value to companies I invest in by helping companies identify and utilize leverage, build momentum in their marketplace and position the entities to maximize strategic resource and capital channels within the public markets if / when it makes sense.

$1,000,000 to $100,000,000

United States > Washington

I am an experienced patent attorney and intellectual property strategist and have advised companies on growth-oriented intellectual property protection and asset management strategies. My focus and primary areas of investment interest lie broadly in the fields of computing and communications, but more particularly in intelligent adaptive systems used for enhanced human-machine communications. As an investor, my goal is to invest my expertise to grow companies by helping them to execute intellectual property strategies for the protection and licensing of their IP rights thru strategic alliances and joint ventures. I'm actively seeking opportunities to provide $250,000 to $1 million in debt financing to companies for working capital, expansion or acquisition purposes. And for the right companies, I can assist and advise on a suitable exit plan since I work with a private equity firm that seeks to acquire companies that have adopted value-enhancing IP strategies.

$250,000 to $1,000,000