How we seed and support deals…
Cottonwood works closely with entrepreneurs providing assistance from the earliest stages. Early or seed stage investing is not a spectator sport. Successful early stage investments require significant allotments of time to help define the business, link it with resources, provide feedback, recruit additional talent and raise capital. Historically, early stage institutional investors spend three to five days per month on each portfolio company.
Cottonwood Technology Fund will make 3 to 4 investments per year over a four-year period, thus allowing us to employ the necessary time to assist portfolio company entrepreneurs.
Cottonwood also relies on an extensive network of technical and industry advisors, as well as drawing from the expertise and diversity of our investors. Combined with our in-house experience, we are confident our approach to seeding, plus supporting deals, can lead to success.
We invest primarily in the Southwest region
We look for:
Compelling idea/compelling market
- Is the technology advancement significant?
- Is there a sizeable addressable market?
Compelling management team
- Is the inventor or entrepreneur ready to lead the business?
- Is this a single-person enterprise?
- Is there a full team recruited or available?
CTF value-add
- How do we leverage our network?
- What resources can we call upon to assist the entrepreneur?
Syndication partners
- Is there additional value-add funding with industry expertise available?
- If you are interested in submitting business plan for review,
click here to submit your plan.
