Company Investment Criteria
Helping to build companies by investing in ideas.
Every entrepreneur knows the thrill of a great idea—and has felt the pride of nurturing that vision and watching it grow. When it comes time to take that promising business to the next level, entrepreneurs want a venture partner who shares that spirit and knows what it takes to make a company succeed. We are nimble and able to respond quickly to shifting markets and emerging opportunities. Success takes an uncommon blend of the right people, the vision and the best opportunities.
Highgate Tech Fund is the entrepreneur’s venture capital firm.
We have built our model on the philosophy of team achievement and we all measure our success by the ultimate yardstick—our entrepreneurs' success. With Highgate Tech as your venture partner, you will be supported by an experienced and committed team intent upon helping you to succeed. we want to help entrepreneurs build strong successful businesses. whether you are seeking investment funding to get your idea off the ground or looking to grow a proven idea toward success, Highgate Tech is the partner who helps you make it happen.
We are looking to partner with ambitious entrepreneurs, with new ideas, start-ups and rapidly growing firms where we can add value through our own experiences, our network of relevant contacts and specialist knowledge and connections. If there is a technological aspect to your business, we will be pleased to hear from you, and if does not quite fit what we are looking for, we will let you know.
We are looking to invest in companies with strong technological opportunity and strong growth potential - we have outlined below some specific areas of focus.
Sector Focus
- Software Social Media
- Mobile applications
- Mobile SMS
- SaaS
- GPS - location based services
- General Internet related areas
Stage Focus
- New technological ideas - start -ups;
- Early Stage and Small to Mid-sized Enterprises (SME's);
Funding Amounts
We can make investments from seed stage through Series A. Typical investment rounds are in the range from £300,000 to £2 million. A typical investment transaction may be an initial investment of £300,000 and potentially a follow-up investment in a subsequent company financing.
Board Representation
As active investors, we will expect to join a company’s Board of Directors. We will only invest in companies that we can bring added-value and experience to, whether it be in Technology, Finance, Sales or Marketing and of course, corporate administration and governance.
