INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Hillcrest Venture Partners leverages the business, operational and technical expertise of its management team to help seed to growth stage technology companies become the preeminent companies of the future.

Industries of Interest
Hillcrest Venture Partners invests in companies developing technologies in the following industries:

• Communications Infrastucture
  
• Enterprise Applications
  
• Financial Technology
  
• Information Technology Infrastructure
  
• Life Science Research Tools
• Semiconductor
• Wireless

Company Stage
Hillcrest Venture Partners invests exclusively in companies that are in the seed to growth (i.e., less than $15 Million in revenue) stage of development. We prefer to invest in companies that have at least completed a working prototype of their product.

Geography
While Hillcrest Venture Partners will consider investing in a company irrespective of the company's location, we prefer to invest in companies that are proximate to one of our offices.

Disciplined Investing
We invest according to a thorough methodology that yields an objective assessment of each company. Some of the factors we consider are:

• Problem Addressed. The company's product or service must address a meaningful problem faced by customers.
  
• Value Proposition. The product or service must have clear and material advantages (e.g., cheaper, faster, more convenient) over existing solutions.
  
• Market Size. The total addressable market for the product or solution must exceed $500 Million per year.
  
• Barriers to Entry. There must be substantial barriers which prevent others from duplicating the product or entering the market.
  
• Management Team. The company's management team must have a track record of success or have demonstrated potential for success.

Hillcrest Venture Partners will make an initial investment between $25,000 to $100,000 in a company and will make a maximum investment of $150,000 over the life of a company.

Focused Assistance
With its diversely skilled management team, Hillcrest Venture Partners assists its portfolio companies with numerous aspects of business. From strategy formulation to recruiting personnel to business development, we provide far more than capital to our companies. Furthermore, Hillcrest Venture Partners assigns its managing directors to its companies according to the specific needs of a portfolio company and the particular skills of the managing directors. By doing so, we insure that a portfolio company receives the optimal value from our team. As our companies grow, we provide connections to larger sources of capital, strategic partnerships, potential acquirers or investment bankers.