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Our investment strategy at Advantage is comprised of five essential elements:
- identifying early stage companies/ investment opportunities through our strong network of contacts in the BC technology industry;
- conducting thorough due diligence and investing in the most promising of these companies via seed, angel, venture or public financing rounds;
- “rolling up our sleeves” to help management build the business through active mentoring, assisting in the recruitment of key board and management positions, and advising on financing, M&A and corporate partnering strategies;
- following on with further investments in those companies that are meeting their milestones and creating shareholder value (“ride the winners”) while finding ways to exit the weaker investments earlier; and
- sctively managing the investment exits, whether by IPO or sale, to fully maximize the returns to our funds and their shareholders.
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This investment strategy has proven to be a winning one in terms of generating portfolio returns in our first fund – the Advantage Life Science Fund I, which is one of the best performing retail venture funds in Canada as measured by globefund.com. We believe it is a sound strategy that will serve us well with our other investment funds as their portfolios mature. |
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