Investment criteria

If you fit into our investment criteria below then we may be able to help you. If you do not fit our investment criteria then please do not apply to us for assistance. We do not look at business propositions that fall outside of our special interest areas, or outside of our minimum or maximum funding requirements.

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1. What we are looking for
We look for sound business plans from credible management teams. We want people who are committed to growth and wealth creation. A clear business and exit strategy is essential.

2. What do we promise you?
The people that you will work with on our team have direct senior management experience of working in Start Up, Early Stage, and Expansion / Development companies, as well as advising large private and public companies. We understand your challenges.

3. In what sectors are we interested?

Bio Technology Consultancy Distribution Finance FMCG IT Hardware

Online and Internet Outsourcing Publishing Shared Services Software Technology

4. Preferred Geography:	UK wide
5. Our Minimum Deal Value:	£100 000 / € 150 000
6. Our Maximum Deal Value:	£2 000 000 / €3 000 000 (more for exceptional businesses)
7. Our Minimum Readiness Criteria	Concept formulated / documented / Partially prepared
8. Our Maximum Readiness Criteria:	Trading
9. Estimated Charges:	ALL NEGOTIABLE. Each business opportunity is different, according to phase, potential, funding history, and sector and we are happy to talk to you about ball-park figures. Please don’t ask us to quote figures until we have had a chance to look at your plan in some detail. What we will say is that we rarely work on a pure contingency basis, we exist to raise money, not provide a range of other consultancy based services that pay our time. Our administration costs are automated and very low so we can say that your minimum exposure is likely to be in the region of around £500 upfront. Success fees are negotiable, and industry benchmarks suggest that around 5% of any money raised goes to your advisor.

Click here to view our funding channels, or here to apply on line.

c2Ventures has a policy of non-exclusivity but wherever possible avoids promoting materially similar businesses to its investment channels, however from time to time when a business merits it, we will support businesses which compete with each other. c2Ventures is always careful to ensure that information disclosed to it in confidence is treated confidentially at all times.