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The BCDF investment team is presented with hundreds of business plans and
investment opportunities each year. The following strategies are utilized
to select venture capital investments for the Fund:
Sourcing
Opportunities arise from a broad network of sources that include, but
are not limited to:
- Discovery Capital's management, board of directors, and external advisors
- Referrals, contacts or industry relationships developed since 1986
- Word of mouth from current or former portfolio companies and entrepreneurs
- Collaboration with other angel, venture capital, and capital markets groups
- Directly from entrepreneurs
Selection
Discovery Capital's well-developed selection model is based on
assessing sourced opportunities on the following criteria:
- Management depth and experience
- Innovative and proprietary technologies
- Size and scope of market opportunity and competitive advantage
- Compelling plan to capture the business opportunity
- Current revenues / market acceptance and path to profitability
- Likelihood of successful exit opportunities within 3 to 7 year time
frame
Value-build
Value is created and realized through the following activities:
- Working closely with companies to accelerate success through active
involvement and financing (direct, and through our network of contacts
and advisors)
- Delivering returns to our shareholders by executing on our acceleration
role and driving profitable exit strategies
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