In the Fund's target investment areas, Osprey Ventures will seek out companies that:
- address very large market opportunities
- have a differentiated product or service
- have proven their business model and tested operating plan
- are or are expected to be among the premier companies in their market sectors.
- have the highest quality management and technical teams, who have "done it before".
- can generate average returns greater than 3x the Fund's investment if expansion-stage private and greater than 8x the Fund's investment in early-stage companies.
Other important Osprey Ventures investment considerations include:
- In companies where other investors are involved, the Fund co-invests with financial and strategic investors that add tangible value.
- The Fund invests primarily in software, semiconductor, and communications sectors in both product and service businesses. The Managing Directors, Industry Expert Investors, Advisory Board, and Venture Partners have domain expertise that is critical to Osprey Ventures' significant deal flow and due diligence advantage versus traditional institutional venture capital firms.
- The Fund will be the lead investor in a select group of its early-stage investments so as to be very influential in the operational and financial strategies of these portfolio companies.
- The Fund invests in expansion-stage private companies only when valuation discipline can be maintained. The General Partners seek to become active advisors and consultants to these expansion stage portfolio companies during their preparation for their rapid commercial growth, public financing or liquidity event.
- The Fund maintains disciplined adherence to reasonable valuations and seeks to invest for significant ownership in early-stage companies.
