Team
Evaluate and analyze management team.
It's not about investing in the next big thing; it's about betting on those who innovate with purpose and impact.
Evaluate and analyze management team.
Evaluate market sizing estimates
– 3 years out
Thoroughly analyze competitive landscape – innovation cycle.
Does it address market pain?
Is it innovative and can we help to make it transformative?
Must have sufficient barriers to entry
Map out capital requirements for the next 5 years
One investment that is individually capable of returning 100% of the fund’s size. Seek out a big market and scalability.
We invest in businesses that we understand, in industries where we can add value. We must be value added investors.
We invest in businesses at seed or Series A stage. We must be able to analyze unit economics and measure traction.
In the same way we evaluate potential financial returns, we analyze, understand and track important impact KPIs.
We look for founders that truly believe in what they are doing.
We invest in diverse teams as diversity can generate higher returns.
We seek entrepreneurs who know what they are doing, preferably those who have started a company before or have worked for a startup.
Teams that see a problem that they feel compelled to fix There is an extra something going for a founder who starts with a mission.
Alignment between the core values and desired outcomes.