请问HN：你是如何为你的早期硬件创业公司融资的？
我和一个朋友正在从零开始制作无人机，每架成本大约在2000美元以上，并且在测试飞行中会遭受损坏。我在一家软件公司做9到6的工作来覆盖我们的费用，而我的朋友则全职投入这项工作。到目前为止，我已经投入了大约3万美元用于机器、组件和他的生活费用，并且在晚上和周末帮助他。我们有良好的市场推广计划和原型的进展，但我们需要更多的时间和资金来完善我们的旗舰型号——我们最近的一架无人机坠毁了，资金也很紧张。
看起来我们正处于一个过渡阶段，兼职工作赚来的零花钱无法让我们的研发进展到足够的程度，而我们距离成熟产品又远得让投资者不容易接受。
我们正在探索筹集大约25万美元的途径，以换取约5%的股权。对于那些最小可行产品（MVP）还需要几个月才能完成，并且需要提前投入这类资金的项目，如何让投资者参与进来呢？
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I'm making drones from scratch with a buddy, each one costs ~$2000+ to build and they incur damage from test flights. I hold down a 9-6 software gig to cover our costs, while my mate is on it full time. So far I've put ~$30k into machines, components, and his living costs, and I help him on evenings and weekends. We have good route-to-market plans and momentum with prototypes, but we need more time and cash to mature our flagship model - we crashed one of our latest builds and money is tight.<p>Seems like we're in a liminal space where we can't advance the RnD enough working part time with my spare change, but we're also far away enough from a mature product to be an easy sell to investors.<p>We're exploring avenues to raise ~$250k in exchange for ~5% equity. How do you get investors on board with projects where the MVP is months away and requires that kind of capital up front?