Criteria for angel investments

Criteria

GAN investors will have a regional focus on investment opportunities, and will also make investments in start-ups from outside the area where these opportunities are sufficiently compelling.

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
Business model, sources of revenue

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:

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.

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