What investments will we make?

We see a lot of cyber start-up ideas, particularly in the Pre-Seed and Seed stage. While that is where we will focus our investments (because the returns are best), we are “round agnostic” and will invest in later stages too if we have the opportunity and the return is promising.

Our criteria for investing are:

Does the market need the product, i.e. does it solve a problem people know they have and want to solve,
Does the product work and scale to enterprise class,
Is the team sufficiently experienced and motivated, and
Is a highly lucrative exit likely in the next five years?

How do you become a Limited Partner?

If you have been invited to be a Limited Partner with us, we have chosen you because we believe that you’ll add value to our founders and portfolio companies.

To join, all you have to do is click the ‘Back Syndicate’ link below. You do not have to pay anything until you see one of our investments that you like. You must be a qualified investor to participate.

How much do we have to (can we) invest?

If you like one of our opportunities then you have to invest at least one thousand dollars. But if you never like one of the companies we like, you never have any financial commitment. There may also be maximum investment limits.

You should be financially prepared to lose all of your investment. There are no guarantees. If, however, we are making the investment available through SCI, that means we will be investing our own money in the company. We pool the funds of all those who want to invest through us, along with our own money, and make one investment, limited in size by the allocation that the company gives us, i.e. how much the company will let us invest. We get returns when the company transacts, i.e., when it is bought or goes public. That can take years, but those who are in early usually get the highest returns.

How many deals are you expecting to do a year?

We expect to do between 8-12 deals, but are more interested in quality over quantity. We hope to have between $250-$500k allocation per deal. We take 20% carry on each deal.

And if you know of a cyber company looking for investment, send them our way. If our diligence qualifies the company, we will make it available through SCI and share a generous amount of our carry with you as a deal partner.

That’s all there is to this. It’s a chance to invest in exciting new cyber companies we like. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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