Investment Process
Golden Seeds provides a supportive, rigorous and timely response to your company's needs during our investment process. All applications for investment must be submitted online and upon receipt the company enters the Golden Seeds screening process.
We are not sector specific as our investors are interested in building diversified portfolios across various industries. Our current portfolio reflects the following sectors as of Nov 2006:
Before entering our investment process, it is important for an entrepreneur to review our investment criteria. Please also note that we do not work with brokers.
- Our investment process starts with receiving an on-line application from the entrepreneur. The company's executive summary should be submitted along with the application. The application is then reviewed by our Screening Committee. Here is a list of our upcoming screening committee meeting dates:
2010 NYC Screening Committee Dates - "By Invitation Only"January 28th June 24th February 25th July 29th March 25th September 30th May 20th October 21st
2010 Boston Screening Committee Dates - "By Invitation Only"January 7th June 3th February 4th July 1st March 4th September 2nd April 1st October 7th April 29th November 4th
2010 San Francisco Screening Committee Dates - "By Invitation Only"February 2nd April 6th June 1st September 7th
2010 Palo Alto Screening Committee Dates - "By Invitation Only"November 2nd March 2 July 6th October 5th
- The Screening Committee chooses two or three companies to present to one of our Forums. Investors from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco are included in the screening process. The Forum Leaders in each location have the final say on which companies will present to their respective Forums. Here is a list of our upcoming forum meeting dates:
2010 NYC Forum Dates - "By Invitation Only"January 14th July 15th February 11th September 16th March 11th October 14th April 8th November 18th June 10th
***NEW*** Evening Forums for New York ***NEW***
Wednesdays from 5.30pm - 7.30pm. "By Invitation Only"
Wine and cheese available!
February 10th
March 10th
April 7th
Note - Entrepreneurs who are successful at gaining interest from the Forum should be available on the following day for a 2 hour due diligence meeting with their management team.
2010 Boston Forum Dates - "By Invitation Only"January 21st June 17th February 11th July 15th March 25th September 16th April 15th October 21st May 20th November 18th
Note - Entrepreneurs who are successful at gaining interest from the Forum should be available the following week for a 2 hour due diligence meeting with their management team.
2010 Philadelphia Forum Dates - "By Invitation Only"March 24th July 28th April 28th September 22nd June 23rd October 27th
Note - Entrepreneurs who are successful at gaining interest from the Forum should be available the following week for a 2 hour due diligence meeting with their management team.
2010 San Francisco Forum Dates - "By Invitation Only"March 16th July 20th October 19th
Note - Entrepreneurs who are successful at gaining interest from the Forum should be available the following week for a 2 hour due diligence meeting with their management team.
2010 Palo Alto Forum Dates - "By Invitation Only"February 16th April 20th June 15th September 21st November 16th
Note - Entrepreneurs who are successful at gaining interest from the Forum should be available the following week for a 2 hour due diligence meeting with their management team. - Companies invited to present will do a presentation walk-through with us to ensure they have included all requisite items in their investor presentation.
- At the Forum the entrepreneur makes a 15 minute pitch followed by 10 minutes of questions. The time is rigidly enforced so prior practice on a timed basis is highly recommended.
- The entrepreneur will be notified the same day whether there is investor interest. If yes, then a 2 hour meeting will be scheduled the following day for those interested investors to learn more about the company.
- At the end of the 2 hour meeting the investors will decide whether they are going to move forward into due diligence or not. If yes, a due diligence team is formed and the entrepreneur will be advised of details of our due diligence process
- We expect to complete due diligence within four weeks of obtaining all requested materials back from the company. During this period, if we decide to move forward with an investment, a term sheet will be negotiated with the company.
- Once due diligence is complete, and a term sheet is in place, we will then move to drafting of documents.
- If everything stays on track, we could complete a closing with 6 - 12 weeks of the Forum presentation.
- Please note that if a deal requires syndication, that process may not begin until the 6 - 12 weeks period is completed and can take another 2 - 3 months to complete.