Investment strategy
and teamwork
and following
€0.5 – 4.8 million
3-7 years
We are unable to fund your project if…
- The required capital is meant to serve a different purpose other than growth and expansion of your company (e.g. M&A, partial acquisition of part of the business or acquisition of patent rights).
- The funds are solely dedicated to build and develop prototypes (lower phases of the project life cycle that require a seed or angel investor).
- Your company fails to meet size and/or turnover specifications set out in European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, which defines small and medium-sized enterprises. In practice, this means that your company, including its partner and affiliated enterprises, must not have more than 250 employees and its annual turnover must not exceed €50 million and/or its annual balance sheet must not exceed €43 million.
- Your company pursues activities in the field of production and trading in tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, manufacturing and trading in arms, gambling, genetic research and cloning, or IT services aimed at supporting these industries.
What we need to evaluate your project
- A pitch deck or executive summary containing the description of your product, the problem it solves, positioning and value proposition compared to the competition, your go-to-market strategy as well as an introduction of key team members you intend to achieve it with and the required capital.
- A demonstration of the product, its functions and viability, ideally on pilot projects with existing clients.
- A comprehensive business plan that should further elaborate on all the information described in the pitch deck, and a proper financial plan with an explanation of key inputs.
- A financial model and indicative valuation of your company; during our assessment, we normally apply the method of discounted cash flow in combination with alternative methods (e.g. EBITDA/Revenue multiples and similar).
- Existing customers and pipeline for projected years.
- If you have already entered into negotiations with a potential co-investor, a few words about them and, if possible, a draft of the proposed term sheet will be useful.
The course of the investment process
- Our preliminary approval is subject to agreement by all parties of the term sheet (with you and co-investor as well) and of your business´s valuation.
- What follows next is the due diligence process. We usually conduct legal, accounting, financial, transactional audits, an audit of intellectual property and, if necessary, a production and technological audit.
- Should we not encounter any fundamental discrepancies and/or material risks during the due diligence process that would disqualify the transaction, and should the investment be approved by the VFF investment advisory committee, we proceed to contract negotiations and final signing.
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“The combined participation of the Fund and its co-investors will facilitate the emergence of a next generation of business champions in Slovakia.”
Lilyana Pavlova, Vice-President of European Investment Bank (EIB)
Venture to Future Fund is a joint initiative of EIB, the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, and the Slovak Investment Holding. It is the first venture capital fund of its kind in the CEE region that has lured EIB´s capital.
Team
Matej
Říha
Investment Manager
Chairman of the Board
Matej has 15+ years’ experience in managing positions in M&A, transaction advisory, and investment and corporate banking (Patria Finance/KBC Group, VUB/Intesa Sanpaolo Group, and OTP Group). Before joining Venture to Future Fund, he served as executive manager for the JEREMIE holding fund in Slovakia. Matej graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava, majoring in finance, banking and investing.
Martin
Banský
Investment Manager
Vice-Chairman of the Board
Martin has 15+ years’ experience in the field of transaction advisory, M&A, and investment banking (e.g. WOOD & Co., Patria finance) as well as in the banking sector (Tatra banka, VUB bank). High on the list of his managerial accomplishments is the sale of a part of Slovak Telekom; he has also led a number of M&A transactions within the mining, pharmaceutical and aviation industries. He graduated from Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, majoring in finance, banking and investing.
Miriama
Hanout
Investment Manager
Board Member
Mirka has spent more than 8 years working in the field of M&A, transaction advisory, investment banking, and financial planning (AZC Group, CSOB Advisory, Corpia Group). She was in charge of several acquisition projects within the agriculture, biofuels and food industries, and also in the post and telecommunications sectors. She graduated from the University of Žilina, majoring in economics and management; she also studied at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Contact
Venture to Future Fund, a.s.
Registered seat:
Grösslingová 44
811 09 Bratislava
Office and correspondence address:
Karadžičova 8/A
CBC I Building
821 08 Bratislava
email: info@vff.sk