Early Stage - The ERA Foundation

Early stage investments

Where possible the ERA Foundation will work with other investors providing early-stage ("angel") funding. These investments may follow support for projects at the early stage of commercialisation. To help identify investment opportunities the Foundation is a member of Hotbed, Library House and Oxford Early Investments - and will also work with other independent deal makers.

The ERA Foundation' investment in start-ups and young technology companies will be based on the following premises -

	An initial first-round investment is likely to be of order £0.2M to £1M.
	The ERA Foundation will expect to invest in following rounds to protect its share of ownership, although it is unlikely to invest more than £2M in any one company over successive funding rounds.
	The ERA Foundation will favour companies with business plans that demonstrate a convincing "exit strategy" within five years (for example by flotation, trade sale, or recapitalisation), thus allowing the Foundation if it chooses to refresh its investment portfolio and help new companies.
	The ERA Foundation will wish to nominate a board member to companies it invest-in (via a co-investor if this is appropriate).

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