Current Investment Focus
DEFG Ventures, LLC is a private fund looking for early round investments in companies that have intellectual property, business models and management teams that have short-term prospects in specific niches. The typical characteristics of a deal could include:
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An early stage investments (up to ~$500K) in a company that has a proprietary technology or business model in the clean tech space
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A pairing of a cash investment with an investment in marketing services provided by EcoAlign, DEFG LLC's marketing business unit
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Aim to build valuation over the a course of a year and advise for commercialization purposes
Types of companies we invest in:
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Integrated, bundled offerings and suppliers |
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Looking for the offerings (and pieces of offerings) that align with our research in regard to customer-oriented demand and management needs (e.g. leasing a roof vs. selling a solar array as a stand-alone offering)
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Open to a retail, product-oriented investment with a green or carbon focus |
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Software and trading platforms |
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Transactional platforms, e.g., carbon trading
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Applications and/ or software based tools for reporting, management, etc. |
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End-use technologies |
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Grid technologies or systems |
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Please review our Legal Notice relating to the riskiness of investments.
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