| What businesses are attractive to Delta Partners? The businesses that fuel start-ups fall into two categories... |
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| How do I submit a business plan to Delta Partners? The best way to contact us is to call Delta Partners at +353-1-294-0870 and speak to one of the partners... |
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| How many business plans does Delta Partners review? A lot! Every day we hear about ideas for new businesses... |
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| Does Delta Partners usually control ownership of a company? No. Great investments usually occur when... |
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| What criteria does Delta Partners use? The first trait we seek are startups that will attack markets poised for rapid growth... |
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| How does Delta Partners make investment decisions? Delta Partners is a partnership and all the partners need to agree to make an investment... |
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| How long does it take Delta Partners to make an investment decision? The constraint on making a decision tends to be the ... |
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| What is Delta Partners' attitude towards large amounts of equity? We like to start companies with relatively small amounts of money... |
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| What sort of executive summary format appeals to Delta Partners? Short ones! The topics that interest us the most in any business plan are... |
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| How many investments does Delta Partners make every year? We have no hard and fast rules about how many investments we make in a year... |
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| Does Delta have an entrepreneur in residence programme? Yes. Several companies have been launched in our offices... |
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| What is the best way to get introduced to Delta Partners? The best introduction is from someone who knows you and knows us... |
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| What's the length of time Delta Partners holds an investment? We can offer our greatest help to companies during their formative years... |
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| What is the typical size of an investment? We invest anywhere from a €250,000 seed investment to... |
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| At what stage does Delta Partners invest? Most of Delta Partners' investments are aimed at very early stage technology companies... |
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| Who are Delta Partners' investors? The majority of Delta Partners' institutional investors are financial institutions, pension funds, endowments and universities... |
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| Does Delta Partners get involved in the management of a company? Venture capitalists often think they build companies... |
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| What sort of people does Delta Partners like to finance? Delta Partners' most successful entrepreneurs possess some, or all, of the following attributes... |
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| What makes for an effective presentation at Delta Partners? We have found that the following format provides a good overview of a prospective investment... |
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| What is Delta Partners' role after an investment is made? It varies. It can range from intensive involvement in an early stage company... |
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| Does Delta Partners always want a board seat? Generally, but not necessarily. It depends on the stage of the company... |
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| What are typical sources of investment opportunities for Delta Partners? Given the early stage at which Delta Partners invests, investment opportunities typically arise from a number of sources... |
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| What sort of companies does Delta Partners like to finance? Our favourite investment candidates are companies operating in the communications, internet, software or life sciences sectors... |
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| At what stage should I contact Delta Partners? We like to talk to people when they are in the relatively early stages of putting together their venture... |
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| Where does Delta Partners invest? Our primary markets are Ireland and the United Kingdom... |
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