Investment Criteria

Venture Investors will look at a broad range of investment opportunities that meet the following investment criteria:

Stage

Seed & Early Stage

Geography

Midwest

Industries

Healthcare, Technology & Clean Tech

Characteristics

Proprietary products or services that offer a distinct and sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.  These advantages should be quantifiable and be backed by intellectual property and scientific founder’s know-how.

Market Size

>$100M

Investment Size

Seed rounds starting at $50,000 up to $8.0M over time.



Management/Founders

Founders with relevant industry and/or technical expertise, with a willingness to build a world-class management team and who are solely focused on the opportunity.  Entrepreneurs should share our objective of creating a company with rapid growth and an exit by sale or initial public offering, in a five to seven year period.