Will Davis and Evan Baehr, co-founders of an Austin tech company called Outbox, saw how tight the venture capital business has gotten when they went looking for money a few months back. When they'd first raised funds two years ago, Silicon Valley investors had been eager to deal. Then Facebook's IPO flop popped that bubble.
But aspiring Zucks are in luck: Entrepreneurs have a growing number of alternatives, from new online platforms for meeting investors to nascent federal “crowdfunding” rules that aim to let moms and pops back startups.
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