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Process Description
How to connect with IC members
1. Application
Our process begins with an online application. In order to be evaluated for inclusion in our deal database or considered for a venture fair presentation, you must complete this application. We recommend that you review our company criteria before beginning an application.
The format of our application is a one page "pitch" on your company. We request that you answer specific questions about your business clearly and concisely. In addition, we request that you also submit a one-page executive summary to your business plan.
Application deadlines usually occur 3 months prior to a Venture Fair.
2. Investors' Circle Staff Review
IC will review your application within 3 weeks of its submission to determine whether your company is a good fit for the Investors' Circle network. Applications that meet our criteria will be posted to our deal database, accessible to our member investors/
3. Application Fee
Investors' Circle charges a $150 application fee. If staff determine that your business is not a fit for the network, we will refund this fee.
4. Selection Committee Process
Each season we coordinate 5 groups of our member investors to review applications in each primary interest track (Energy & Environment, Food & Organics, Health & Wellness, Education & Media, and Community & International Development). Over the course of a month, selection committees review the best applications accepted into the network over the previous six months, as determined by IC staff. Some companies may be asked to provide additional information, such as a full business plan, to assist in the committee’s due diligence. The results of this selection process will be announced to entrepreneurs roughly 5 weeks prior to the venture fair.
5. Venture Fair Fee & Preparation
If you are chosen to present at the conference, we will ask you to pay an additional registration fee of $995 to cover some of the cost of producing the event. Investors' Circle will work with presenting companies during the month proceeding the venture fair to prepare a Powerpoint presentation and other materials needed for the event. Each Powerpoint will be critiqued by a selection committee during one scheduled conference call. We will also host a mandatory run-through of presentations on the day proceeding the venture fair at the conference venue.
Our process begins with an online application. In order to be evaluated for inclusion in our deal database or considered for a venture fair presentation, you must complete this application. We recommend that you review our company criteria before beginning an application.
The format of our application is a one page "pitch" on your company. We request that you answer specific questions about your business clearly and concisely. In addition, we request that you also submit a one-page executive summary to your business plan.
Application deadlines usually occur 3 months prior to a Venture Fair.
2. Investors' Circle Staff Review
IC will review your application within 3 weeks of its submission to determine whether your company is a good fit for the Investors' Circle network. Applications that meet our criteria will be posted to our deal database, accessible to our member investors/
3. Application Fee
Investors' Circle charges a $150 application fee. If staff determine that your business is not a fit for the network, we will refund this fee.
4. Selection Committee Process
Each season we coordinate 5 groups of our member investors to review applications in each primary interest track (Energy & Environment, Food & Organics, Health & Wellness, Education & Media, and Community & International Development). Over the course of a month, selection committees review the best applications accepted into the network over the previous six months, as determined by IC staff. Some companies may be asked to provide additional information, such as a full business plan, to assist in the committee’s due diligence. The results of this selection process will be announced to entrepreneurs roughly 5 weeks prior to the venture fair.
5. Venture Fair Fee & Preparation
If you are chosen to present at the conference, we will ask you to pay an additional registration fee of $995 to cover some of the cost of producing the event. Investors' Circle will work with presenting companies during the month proceeding the venture fair to prepare a Powerpoint presentation and other materials needed for the event. Each Powerpoint will be critiqued by a selection committee during one scheduled conference call. We will also host a mandatory run-through of presentations on the day proceeding the venture fair at the conference venue.