Umsunguli we-Facebook u-Eduardo Saverin.UROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Nawuphi na umsunguli wokuqalisa uza kukuxelela ukuba kuthatha okungaphezulu kunombono olungileyo wokwenza inkampani ephumeleleyo. Kodwa kule mihla, kunokwenzeka ukuba unakanwe njengomsunguli kwaye ufumane nenkxaso-mali ngaphandle koluvo lokwenyani.
Antler, yinkampani eneminyaka emibini ubudala esekwe ngusomashishini osisigxina IMagnus Grimeland Kukwinjongo enjalo ukufumana oosomashishini abanetalente ngaphambi kokuba baqonde italente yabo yoshishino ngokwabo. Umvelisi wokuqalisa ozichazileyo kutshanje ufumene i-50 yezigidi zeedola kwinkxaso-mali entsha evela kuluhlu lwabatyali zimali abanesiphiwo sokuyila, kubandakanya no-Eduardo Saverin ongumququzeleli we-Facebook kunye nenkosikazi yakhe u-Elaine Saverin, u-philanthropist wase-Norway u-Christen Sveaas kunye nabadlali abambalwa beziko, TechCrunch Kuxelwe okokuqala.
U-Antler lolunye lotyalomali oluchaziweyo olwenziwe nguSaverin okoko washiya i-Facebook. Uye waseka isigebenga kwimidiya yoluntu kunye noMark Zuckerberg emva kwiintsuku zabo zaseHarvard. U-Saverin wakhonza njengegosa eliyintloko lezemali kunye nomphathi weshishini ku-Facebook kwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala, kodwa yena noZuckerberg bohlukana malunga ne-2012 ngenxa yeembambano zokuxabiseka kwezabelo ezisisiseko zikaSaverin kuFacebook. Wayephethe malunga neepesenti ezi-2 zenkampani ngelo xesha, exabisa i-2 yezigidigidi zeedola.
Ngokungafaniyo neziqhelanisi zokuqalisa ngokwesiko ezifumana ukuqala kwegaraji ngokusekwe kwimimango, uAntler uqhuba iinkqubo ezityala imali kwiqela langaphambi kwexesha, iimodeli zangaphambili, nto leyo ethetha ukuba abantu ababona ngathi banakho ukwakha iinkampani ezinkulu kwixa elizayo.
Abasunguli abanomdla banokufaka izicelo kwiinkqubo zika-Antler kwizixeko ezisibhozo (kubandakanya iNew York), fumana abaququzeleli kunye nokucinga ngezimvo zeshishini.
Nje ukuba bamkelwe, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kufumana umvuzo kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zokuhlawula iindleko zokuphila ezisisiseko kunye nomjikelo wenkxaso mali ngaphambi kwembewu. Inkxaso mali yexesha elizayo ikwafumaneka ngokuxhomekeke kwindlela izimvo zabo ezinokusebenza ngayo.
Ke, zeziphi iikhrayitheriya zokungena, emva koko? Ngokomsunguli ka-Antler, umbuzo ubuyela kummangaliso wokuba awunakufumana umsebenzi ngaphandle kwamava kodwa awunakufumana amava ngaphandle komsebenzi kuqala.
Kwa-Antler, sijolise ekusebenzeni nabantu abakhethekileyo ngaphandle kwemboni yabo okanye ubuchwephesha, ukuba nje banesipikha esicacileyo, ukuqhuba kunye negrit, uGrimeland uxelele iTechCrunch.
Sikwajolise ngokukodwa kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zokudibanisa iitekhnoloji ezinkulu, abakhi bemveliso kunye nabaqhubi, wongeze, ecacisa ukuba ufuna abantu abaseke iinkampani ezinje ngeSpotify kunye neGrab ngaphambili okanye abathengisa ukuqala kwabo kwangaphambili.
Ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngo-2018, u-Antler utyale imali kwiinkampani ezingaphezu kwe-120. Ezinye zazo zitsale inkunzi yenqanaba elizayo kwiifemu ezaziwayo, kubandakanya iSequoia kunye neGolden Gate Ventures.
