Virtually every process includes some level of human work coupled with some form of technology enablement. We offer for start-up solutions that weave together office space, legal, finance, IT and HR infrastructure as scalable and flexible services that are aligned with your business outputs or results. Smartly integrating technology is key to unlocking improved levels of value. Our underlying infrastructure includes the centralized computing and communications capability for all aspects of process delivery and management which helps you to quickly organise your back-office already in the early days of your start-up.
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We enter silent partnerships with high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors wishing to invest into start-ups as part of their asset allocation strategy but without having the necessary experience and time to select and manage the start-up investment.
These silent partnerships are set up for utmost confidentiality based on a gain share agreement that will allow accessing innovative concepts at an early stage, scaling investment over time while having a professional co-investor on your side who manages the investment. Apart from the initial set up fee, there are no annual management fees.
Invest togetherBecoming a founder is a big step and involves a lot of risk taking at the beginning. We believe that most start-ups are launched by aspiring entrepreneurs who have had limited or negative previous experience to a mature corporate environment. Your success depends on appropriate planning, proper assessment of markets, imaginative marketing as well as good corporate governance. This is why we want to build with you an eco-system environment that provides business support and teaches you of how to systematically reduce process cost.
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The true value of a start-up cannot be measured by a simple spreadsheet valuation nor by filling in an online form. We build confident intervals that provide a clear line of argument from pitch event to contract negotiation.
We validate business models with combination of proven tools such as sum of the parts, cost of capital benchmarking, free cash flows and multi-dimensional risk assessment to provide investors with a valuation that will allow them to have a qualified discussion with their investment committee, commercial banks and external advisors. Pipe upTogether with other likeminded investors, we want to build a robust network of small companies that cooperate with large enterprises as well as academic and research institutions. The strength of the equity linkage which is solely decided upon by the founders, will be reinforced by joint back-office projects and collaboration in marketing and sales to protect the eco-system against the risk of failure. Our investors fulfil important stewardship and monitoring roles, are actively engaging while leaving a lot of breathing space to the founders.
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OION aims to provide investors with the widest possible range of investment opportunities, both in terms of stage of development and capital requirements. It is the largest angel network for Oxford and beyond considering start-ups with a strong vision for growth and seeking investment from £200k to £2m. The Network has strong links with providers of new deal flow including universities, research institutes, large companies and individual entrepreneurs undertaking development of innovative ideas.
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OX1 is Oxford's first start-up incubator programme designed by student entrepreneurs, for student entrepreneurs, which does not take equity or IP. It fulfils all our ideas about long-term value creation and building an active network of start-ups with a common university background. Similar to Standford University and CalTech, OX1 allows the University of Oxford to play an equally important role in the UK. We assist during the idea phase, take a close look at the team composition and truly enjoy Demo Day.
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