Investment Criteria
GAN investors will have a regional focus on investment opportunities, however, we will consider opportunities from outside the area if they are sufficiently compelling.Generally, the investment criteria we evaluate will include:
• Management team – industry & entrepreneurial experience, CEO leadership; track record of performance; coachable
• Use of Proceeds - funds are used to meet determinable milestones that increase enterprise value
• “Disruptive” technologies (quantum leap vs. incremental improvement), value-added proposition
• Long term (sustainable) competitive advantage, fundamental understanding of competitive landscape
• Size/growth rate of addressable market, well defined go-to-market strategy, multi-product/multi-market opportunity
• Relatively low capital investment
• Beta-stage or more advanced company: existing customers, revenues (or path to revenues) and cash break-even (or path to cash break-even)
• Milestones to next financing requirement
• “Exit potential” – “5x in 3 years” or “10x in 5 years”
Sectors of Interest
Besides having a regional focus, GAN investors will predominantly have an interest in investing in the following sectors:• Light/advanced manufacturing
• Sustainable development technologies
• Medical technologies, products or services
• Information and Communications Technologies
If your business doesn’t fit within one of these 4 sectors, but does meet the “Checklist” requirements in the preceding tab and the evaluation criteria recited above, we will consider other high-quality investment proposals and evaluate their fit with GAN members’ preferences.