Investment Criteria
When looking at potential investment opportunities, we evaluate the business holistically, in the context of the broader industry, focusing on financial and operational performance indicators as well as growth potential. The technology sector is one of the most rapidly changing business environments, which makes following rigid investment criteria an unfeasible option. Thus, we look at a broad set of factors and follow a thorough due diligence process to ensure our decisions are sound and advance the interests of our investors, investees and the Group.
Our experience in building our own company as well as the knowledge we have gained from the various companies in which we have invested and our broad perspective of the global technology field enable us to make informed investment decisions and add value to our new partner over and above the funding.
Some of our investment considerations include (inter-alia):
- Earnings, cash flow generation and dividend growth over the long term
- Expected return on investment
- Representation and influence at board level
- Product and services mix that solves real customer problems
- Product lifecycle and new projects pipeline
- Sustainable competitive advantage
- Passionate, invested and knowledgeable management team
- Level of risk