Our aim is to invest in a broad number of companies from several sectors. We are primarily interested in SMEs (in start-up or early development) offering a distinct competitive advantage and -preferably- involved in cutting-edge sectors such as telecommunications, IT, energy, e-commerce, biotechnology and new materials. We are also interested in companies from other sectors whose competitive advantage is founded on applications of technology, and on innovative scientific research.

We are also interested in internationally tested business ideas that are currently being transferred to the Greek market.

The Fund must be fully invested within 5 years from its set-up.

Condensing the main aspects of the Fund investment strategy, we can say that:

The fund invests in Greece.

It invests in a wide range of innovative companies, primarily in the fields of energy, telecommunications, IT and IT applications (e-commerce, Internet, etc.).

The Fund may also invest elsewhere in Europe through companies with legal seat in Greece.

Total investment in a single company cannot exceed 15% of Fund assets (€4.5m) in the case of start-up or early-stage firms (not yet profitable), or €3m for later-stage SMEs. There is also a limit of €1m per financing round, with consecutive rounds spaced no less than 6 months from each other.

Every effort will be made to support and add value to portfolio companies.

The Fund will also seek to optimally use subsidies, EU financing programmes, tax breaks and so on in combination with own financing for potential investments; this is not, however, a criterion for selecting investments.

Co-investment with other funds is a distinct, and often welcome, possibility to be examined on a case-by-case basis.