Welcome to Saltire Capital Partners Insight Series. The series gives access to our extensive network of industry leaders, thought leaders, investors & entrepreneurs in a one-on-one setting. Here they share their insights and top tips in relation to issues that are most relevant to mid-market business.
In this episode Saltire Capital’s Rahavan Yoganathan sits down with Jelix Venture’s Andrea Gardiner and Ian Gardiner to talk Venture Capital.
- What is Venture Capital
- Criteria for investment
- No harm
- Calibre of founder and team
- Relationship between the founding team
- Deep technology that is innovative and provides a competitive edge.
- How important is the Pitch Deck?
- What problem is being solved?
- How big is the market?
- How is the problem being solved and why is this a good solution?
- Managing risk in a VC investment
- VC investment stages
- Friends and family
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A, B, etc.
- Approach to valuation
- Investment period and rate of return
- Advice to founders