Investment Criteria
McGovern Capital LLC invests seed and early stage capital to start-up
companies fitting a particular profile. Because of time constraints, we
request that companies send a one or two page summary of their
business containing the following four "P's" prior to submitting a full
business plan:
Products: What is your company's product or
service?
People: Who are you and why
will you excel in providing this product or service?
Projection: What size market are you addressing and how
will you profit from it?
Proposition: What is your proposition for McGovern Capital's
involvement?
Please also consider the investment criteria below before submitting a
business plan to McGovern Capital LLC:
- McGovern Capital must be able to attain 5% to 20% of the
startup company's equity through an investment of cash and facilitative
services (usually a blend of 50% investment and 50% facilitative
(e.g. legal, tax, accounting, securities) services).
- The company's post investment valuation for McGovern Capital's
investment must not exceed $5 million.
- The company must have on board several full-time key employees
with relevant prior experience.
- The company must show a realistic revenue model not based
primarily on advertising.
- The company's business model must not compete in the same
space with a strong, established brand.
- The company's business plan must show barriers to entry for
potential competitors such as proprietary know-how and/or intellectual
property.
- McGovern Capital is currently investing primarily in companies
with strong intellectual property portfolios, primarily trade
secrets and non business-method patents, although we welcome
any innovative business idea.
If your company's business profile fits the above criteria,
please forward the business summary and cover letter to plans@mcgoverncapital.com
and include the name of your company in the subject line.
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