The investment process
10.03.2010
Stage 1 – searching for and selecting innovative solutions:
- Financial analysis and technological audit of submitted ideas
- Drafting business plans for undertakings
- Starting preparations for the introduction of innovative solutions: 40 ideas offering a probability of commercial success
- The stage of establishing enterprises – defining the legal framework for undertakings
The role of the MARR
At the pre-incubation stage, the MARR ensures export support in the form of:
- Specialist training and counselling in running a business
- Planning the structure and organisational form of the future business
- Research in terms of patentability and intellectual property rights
- Testing and implementing new technologies in the market, marketing
- Searching for a private investor (in the case of the minimum own input requirement not being met)
Stage 1 result: decisions regarding recommendations for capital entry will be taken on the basis of business plans.
Stage 2 – Capital entry – the Funds will take hold of shares in companies established on the basis of pre-incubated projects:
- Maximum value of shares must not be higher than EUR 200,000
- Total amount of shares must not be more than 50%
- Preferred length of a single investment – maximum 5 years.
