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A VC’s guide to picking winners

What do professional investors want to see when trying to pick winners?

Picking winners

UKTN is filled with success stories of how entrepreneurs have turned great ideas into great businesses.

Almost without exception, everyone who has made the journey from drawing board to boardroom will have required outside investment to realise their dreams.

But what is it that professional investors want to see when they’re trying to pick winners?

I have been a venture capitalist for 25 years, investing in early-stage tech companies. While we invest in private technology companies at all stages, most of the companies I invest in are less than 12-months-old, have very modest if any revenue and seek funding of £1m-£5m.

Picking winners is our job, and we have a good track record having invested in some of the UK’s fastest growing tech startups including Abound, Oxbury Bank, and Lindus Health....