Pre Seed, Seed, or Series A: CapInCon Invests Across the Board
As a dedicated early-stage investor, we’re not just looking for startups in a specific phase; we’re interested in partnering with companies at any of the three crucial early stages. Learn more about our approach to each phase within our investment framework.
Pre Seed
We target companies that are right at the onset of their entrepreneurial journey. At this stage, startups may be in the ideation, testing phase, or launching their first Minimum Viable Product (MVP), often pre-revenue in their primary market. The focus is on validating the proof of concept.
Seed
During seed stage, the StartUp is generating first revenues within their addressed target market. Investments are usually used to get your first employees on board, invest into marketing for your brand and optimization on your products/services and your business model. The proof of concept is validated and proof of business becomes clear through first revenues.
Series A
StartUps pitching a series A round have a clear proof of business. Core products or services are generating consistently growing revenues and build the base for additional business segments. Investments are used for product portfolio depth/width or targeting new national or international market segments.
It's not just about capital, it's about smart money
We believe that the best investments are based on robust partnerships between founders and investors. Our commitment extends beyond capital; we integrate ourselves as an active team member of your startup, seeking regular updates and transparent communication. Our goal is to forge interconnected relationships and collaborate strategically with founders.
Your Sparring Partner in Business
Making decisive business decisions, prioritizing and building up on strategy can be challenging for young business founders. Therefor, CapInCon aims for an active investor role as a regular sparring partner and/or consultant with its portfolio StartUps.
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We stick with you
Exit-driven or long-term growth strategy? We prefer the latter, but keep an open mind to exit opportunities. To generate long-term growth, more than one funding round is highly likely. Therefor, potential follow up investments into our portfolio partners is an essential key pillar in our investment strategy.
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We grow with you
Our collaborative journey with startup partners paves the way for fresh perspectives, stakeholders, and experiences. We embrace these challenges and are poised to introduce new partners while offering our consultancy support to nurture your growth.
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FAQ
As an early stage investor, we invest at all 3 early stages Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A, but have a slight focus on Seed investments.
Idealy we start a conversation 4-6 month ahead of your desired closing date, but depending on your preparation we can move significantly faster than that. Depending on what stage you are in and if we are one of the first investors you talk to, we also take on the role as lead investor in giving guidance to you during the auditing process and consolidating results for other investors.
It depends highly on the stage and company valuation, but for us as an early stage investor ticket size for Pre Seed and Seed range between 50.000-500.000 € as an initial investment. Series A tickets are starting around 500.000 €.
Yes, right now we have a strict focus on StartUps legally located in Germany for our private placement deals.
We invest in both, B2C and B2B or hybrid models.
As a relatively young vehicle, we do not have a specific industry focus or verticle, yet. As long as you have a disruptive and profound business idea, we see it as a viable investment opportunity. If you set yourself in a very specific niche, we usually work with external experts of your field to gain destinctive insight of your market. In these cases it’s import for us, to grasp the bigger picture of your business idea and see the proof of concept in your Pitch.
If you want to get more insight on our investment processs, please check out our blogpost about it.
Depending on your time line and clarity of cataloge assets we can move quite quickly if necessary or help out with a bridge.
Usually, we act as a strategic sparring partner and StartUp mentor for the C-level and mid-level management. On top we offer a broad variety of consulting services, if more guidance or intensive strategic acceleration is deemd necessary.
In no particular order:
- A disruptive and innovative business model, with a unique value proposition
- Substantual growth potential
- Accountability of the management and a transparent flow of information
- A clear problem-solution fit and proof of concept/proof of business
7, because everyone else would say boring 42.
Contact person for StartUp investments
Michael Lisken
Starting out as a marketer and consultant in marketing, Michael Lisken entered the startup ecosystem in 2017 in a drone technology startup. As he gathered some first hand startup experience, he is close to a very founder centric perspective.
