We try not to limit our options to a small numbers of industries to invest in. Of course, we have our main industries (Health, Finance, Education, Transportation or Production) but this shouldn’t stop you from reaching out to us. There are other aspects that we look at that are way more important than the industry –the founders and the team, the innovative potential of the solution, how we can contribute as strategic investor.

No. We actually pride ourselves with the fact that we provide not only capital, but also smart money, consulting or expertise and capabilities in areas related to business growth as well as technology. The start-ups that we fund also get access to our enterprise clients from the Fortech Network as well as important people in various industries.

We provide founders with one of the two funding rounds – Pre-Seed or Seed, with investment tickets ranging from $50.000 to $200.000.

We think our term sheets are mostly industry standard, but we were proud to hear from some of our the founders that we invested in that they found them to be less complicated then the usual ones. The truth is we are flexible and we don’t stress many start-up numbers or metrics like ROI.

Because we know how important timing is for any start-up and founder we try to take the investment decision as fast as possible. From our experience until now, the investment decision was taken in a month maximum after which the money are being wired.

Our process starts right after founders contact us and tell us about their start-up. We look at the pitch and then we meet with them (online or offline) to learn more about their business and how we can help. After that, our scouting team runs an internal audit, followed by a complex audit that uses multiple tools and frameworks, such as the PEST analysis used to look at the Political and Social context.

A presentation is sent to the board followed by our recommendation. After the investment decision is taken, usually in 3-4 weeks, the due dilligence starts and only after that the contract is singed.

Our process starts right after founders contact us and tell us about their start-up. We look at the pitch and then we meet with them (online or offline) to learn more about their business and how we can help. After that, our scouting team runs an internal audit, followed by a complex audit that uses multiple tools and frameworks, such as the PEST analysis used to look at the Political and Social context.

A presentation is sent to the board followed by our recommendation. After the investment decision is taken, usually in 3-4 weeks, the due dilligence starts and only after that the contract is singed.

The money invested in Fortech Investments is 100% Romanian private capital, from the Fortech board.

We usually take equity from a company and to do this we create an unique SPV dedicated to one Investment only so we don’t overcrowd the cap table. In exceptional situations, such as when the valuation isn’t clear enough or it doesn’t exist, we accept convertible notes.

We mostly invest in CEE, especially Romania, but we also have invested in USA or the UK.