Investment Philosophy

To understand the advantage of our business model, one must understand the importance of good management towards the success of a company and hence its investors. There are many good ideas and technology but the ones that really succeed are the ones that have a good management team with good business strategy skills. Most good VC firms know that the key to a successful business is the startup company’s management team though the VC firm itself may not have the most optimal management structure in place to implement such a strategy.
  
For that same reason, most angel investors prefer to actively participate in the operations and management of a company they invest in to ensure their success since it is their own personal monies. Thus the Seraphima Ventures approach.
 
Management of nanotech entrepreneurs and startups requires a different approach that only our management oversight team can offer.  Tech people are not typically known for their business savvy.  Hence, each management team member will become an integral part of the executive management teams they will be overseeing...not just a Board member.   With our increased management and operations oversight approach, we can increase the probability of success of a company.

The critical success factor for this business model is the choice of the right people who must encompass proven and appropriate business and technical skill sets with leadership qualities, strategy consulting experience, independent out-of the box thinking, high energy and commitment levels and of course, people skills. Nanotechnology requires a certain and diverse combination of technical skill sets and experiences which is not typical. Unfortunately these people are not that easy to find as their critical strengths cannot be put on a paper resume nor discovered in an hour long behavioral interview.
 
With the skills and expertise of our diverse management team, we can be directly involved in the details yet have the advantage of the ability to step back to view the big picture and adapt as necessary as the world and market changes. Note that the government is a major customer and funder of nanotechnology and some of us on the Team also have experience working in or with the government sector.
 
In addition to more direct management contribution to the companies, with the business strategy consulting and operations experience of this Management Team, we can also take a business plan that is relatively sub par for funding that no other VC firms will invest in but where technology has great potential, and then re-engineer the business plan for a successful business strategy for funding. Similarly, we can also take a new and emerging disruptive technology, create a company and its business strategy to commercialize it. With extra effort we can find diamonds in the rough and polish them up for funding and success.

Note our team is international to address the global nature of technology and nanotechnology markets. Our team’s wide range of industry expertise makes us able to take advantage of cross-market opportunities.