What Major Investors Want?

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Choosing the Right Partner

The statement “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” could not be more true, and this is the basis of our firm.

With backgrounds from Management Consulting, Executive Search, Military and Government Leadership, Security & Close Protection, Investment Banking, Private Equity, and General Commerce, the management team of Smart Growth provide a balance of experience, expertise, and most importantly, contacts!

Our key stakeholders are well connected individuals with direct lines of communication to the key corporations as well as the Government / Semi Government entities in their geographical regions. They utilize these to enable introductions and to facilitate deal which benefits our varied client base.

We have proven success in the area of political lobbying, facilitating legislative change in order to benefit our clients, and our network gives us access to Investment funds which provides our clients with various methods of financing their continued growth and expansion.

What Major Investors Want

  1. game changer technologies and innovations,
  2. proven demand for products or services,
  3. competitive advantages over existing products and most importantly,
  4. the potential for a sizeable return on investment.

 

Smart Growth is looking to partner with outstanding companies that fulfill the following requirements:

  • Passionate, energetic and experienced management team;
  • Projected market growth of at least 15-20% per annum;
  • Innovative and Technology-driven products that have the potential to create new market segments or displace current market offerings
  • Technology-driven business with a clear path to commercialization;
    Robust intellectual property and IP protection;
  • Clear exit strategy to be implemented within 4-6 years and alignment of interests with other stakeholders.

 

Target companies exhibit the following characteristics: 

  1. proven business models and well established market positions;
  2. cost advantageous and / or “mission critical” products;
  3. no reliance on subsidies;
  4. growing international end-markets;
  5. scalable with low capital intensity;
  6. strong management with clear solution for management gaps.