From application to funding, our investment process generally takes about 12 weeks, pending interest this may be less. Steps in the process typically include several meetings and presentations and then a four to six week due diligence process by our investor community.
The due diligence includes a close examination of your company, team, products or services, and customers. If initial due diligence is favorable, we will negotiate a term sheet while completing the due diligence process. Our final step prior to funding is the legal and accounting diligence necessary to document the investment.
All companies that wish to be considered for STRATO funding must complete an application.
In the application, you will be asked to describe these facets of your business:
An Executive Summary – who you are, what you do, for whom and at what price (pitch)
An Investor Deck:
- Market opportunity,
- The problem you are solving,
- Your solution – product or service,
- Size of the market,
- Target clients and business model,
- Go-to-market strategy
- Complete competitive landscape and advantage,
- Barriers to entry,
- The management team,
- Hiring plan,
- Financial summary, including last year’s P & L and 3-year projections,
- History of funding to date,
- Funding needs for this round and use of funds,
- Pre-money valuation, and
- Milestones you expect to achieve.
If you do not have this information available, STRATO may be able to gather this information with you making use of our services.
STRATO Investments charges a non-refundable $100 fee to review and consider your application. When your application is submitted, it will usually be reviewed within two weeks. All applicants receive a reply and many will be asked to attend a screening meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The application process is the same for investments from the STRATO Investor network and the STRATO Investments Partners investment fund. You need to only apply once.
Certain categories do not meet our investment criteria and thus will not be funded by STRATO Investments. These include television or radio programs, film, theater or art productions.
Also note that STRATO will only fund principals and not fund companies that are represented by brokers of any kind.
If you are interested in applying with STRATO Investments for funding, please start a conversation with us by downloading and completing the form below. Please fill out the form succinctly with the essence of your business pitch, then scan or use our format in an email to us. You may add additional pages if required.
Please send the form back to us by email: info@stratoinvestments.com