Investment Criteria

Our Key Criteria in Evaluating Prospective Investments

• Management team's ability to execute
• Must have female founder or owner and/or commit to recruiting top female talent to C-Suite and Board
• Size of the market (large or fast growing)
• Can reach $20+ million in revenues within 5 years
• Urgency of the problem to be solved ("must have" vs. "nice-to-have")
• Significant barriers to competitive entry
• High capital efficiency
• Preferred stock, Board seat
• Quality of exit plan; time expected to exit
  

Investment Process

• Company application and initial review by General Partner (GP)
• Company presentation(s) to Investment Committee (must yield deal champion)
• Vote by Investment Committee to move to due diligence
• Execution of term sheet
• Formation of due diligence team led by Deal Champion and sponsoring member of GP
• Completion of due diligence; memo to Investment Committee
• Vote by Investment Committee to invest
• Final decision and negotiation of final agreements by GP
• Execution of final agreements based on National Venture Capital Association terms
• Capital call to limited partners
• Wire funds