I will not promote - I'm in the final round before pre-seed investment
I cold emailed around 30 investment groups in my region and one got back to me around 2 months ago. The company name is Oqal and happens to be the biggest investment group in the Middle East supporting some huge names in the early stages like Hunger Station and Careem (Who Uber recently purchased for just over $3 Billion)
So the investment group checks out and is backed by some big names here after doing my research on them. I was skeptical at first as it was just a random group I found the contact details for from a list of investors in the region.
I have gone through and passed several rounds with this investment group passing the initial screening, being shortlisted and having to do my initial pitch to Oqal
Tomorrow is the investors committee round which is the final stage I need to pass before an investment is made.
What sort of questions would I be expected to answer? Its the first time I will be presenting the idea directly to an investment group and the only stage I have to pass to get it.
These are the area's I need to cover during my presentation as supplied to them by email
- The presentation is 5-mins and then will be 15-minsQ&A
- Brief about your startup.
- What are you trying to solve?
- Determine the competitive advantage of your startup.
- The number of employees your startup has and the size of the team.
- Clarify the financial aspect: valuation, revenues, tractions, and net profits -if applicable-.
- The investment stage of the startup.
- The amount of funding you need.
- Determine the intended use of funds or capital raised.
Would there be any other questions that may pop up? I've got the answers for the bullet points above which they sent but I don't want to be caught out on something they may ask me about of which I have not prepared.
