Our focus is on technology innovation and startups that exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit that we hold in such high regard. It is okay if you are more tech savvy than business savvy. We are looking for people that contrast our strengths and vice versa. Unfortunately, this does not mean that every venture fits what we are looking for.
A Few Things to Keep in Mind
We primarily invest in seed- and early-stage companies that are enabled by broadband wireline and wireless technology.
We don’t invest in cleantech, biotech, material sciences or traditional bricks and mortar companies (e.g. manufacturing, physical retail, real estate).
We are particularly interested in the following areas:
Enabling technologies/platforms for mobile
Next generation digital media, entertainment, and advertising
Machine to Machine (M2M)
Cloud computing
Disruptive/Enabling Technologies within Healthcare, Financial Services and Communication
Some of the things we are looking for:
Your product/service should offer a substantially unique/novel solution that’s not currently in the market.
We shy away from me-too products. Having a social game that is a variant on an existing theme is not unique or novel. Creating an enterprise social-networking application with a better GUI and a few more features is not unique or novel.
If your value is generating cost savings, that’s great! But the costs savings need to be meaningful. We’re looking for companies that can reduce costs by an order of magnitude.
We’re open to companies that address a future customer need or require a change in a customer’s behavior, but require some data to prove that this need will exist.
We tend to avoid companies with the chicken-and-egg problem – companies that require a third-party to buy into your business before you can offer value to you customers. An example of this are advertising networks, which only have value to advertisers if it has inventory. But in order to get publishers to provide you with inventory, you need to have advertisers.
Your product/company should be difficult to replicate. Maybe you have unique and defendable intellectual property. Or maybe you’re such an expert in the needs of your market segment, you have insights that allow you to continually innovate. Whatever the case, you need to prove that you can stay ahead of your competitors.
We’re looking for businesses that have high operating leverage. In other words, we’re looking for businesses that can scale efficiently. If your goal is to increase you customer base by 10 times, it shouldn’t cost you 10 times as much to do it!
We’re looking for businesses that can potentially have a global customer base
A wise man once said if you can explain your idea in 25 words, than you really have something. We value simplicity and with simplicity, a clear vision and achievable goals are born. If you don’t have an elevator pitch check out buzzuka.com — it may help you crystallize your thinking.
Our Focus
Our focus is on technology innovation and startups that exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit that we hold in such high regard. It is okay if you are more tech savvy than business savvy. We are looking for people that contrast our strengths and vice versa. Unfortunately, this does not mean that every venture fits what we are looking for.
A Few Things to Keep in Mind
We primarily invest in seed- and early-stage companies that are enabled by broadband wireline and wireless technology.
We don’t invest in cleantech, biotech, material sciences or traditional bricks and mortar companies (e.g. manufacturing, physical retail, real estate).
We are particularly interested in the following areas:
Some of the things we are looking for:
Your product/service should offer a substantially unique/novel solution that’s not currently in the market.
A wise man once said if you can explain your idea in 25 words, than you really have something. We value simplicity and with simplicity, a clear vision and achievable goals are born. If you don’t have an elevator pitch check out buzzuka.com — it may help you crystallize your thinking.