Constraints of natural selection

Our fellow member and well experienced venturepreneur Rodolfo Carpintier is sharing experience in regards to selecting companies to invest in through his company and incubator DaD:

"No investor is capable of negotiating more than half a dozen - at the maximum a group of ten - new investments per year.  At DaD we are receiving more than 600 requests every year, so we are forced to select very well where we can enter.

Amongst the projects we like, our criteria are:  

• The quality of the management team and their know-how.
• The business model and its flexibility at the same time – It does not need to be definite but it's a field of huge possibilities where many different models would fit.
• The quality of contribution from our side at DaD beyond the infusion of capital.
• The long-term vision of the projec
• The clarity of the concept in terms of management and information

It’s impossible to invest in all projects and many of those that do not get funding from our end will obtain financing from other sources. Most important is to take advantage of the interaction with DaD in order to learn how to improve the proposal and project and, if we do not invest, improve the presentation for talking with the next investors."

His original post can be found in Spanish on his blog. Thank you for sharing, Rodolfo!