Alfabeat ALFA – accelerator and investment fund for R & D projects using horizontal information technologies and in the early stages of development
Alfabeat ALFA develops the scope of Alfabeat technology accelerator to invest in R & D projects with high market potential. The capital raised from private investors (PLN 6 million) and public funds (PLN 24 million) will allow for a period of 4 years to identify at least 400 R & D projects matching the Fund’s industry profile, acceleration and legal and technological verification (PoP phase) at least 80 of them, and then invest (PoC phase) in the 20 projects with the highest potential. The objectives will be achieved by: a proprietary process involving: — unique strategy of acquiring projects, – intensive support during the PoP phase (acceleration and verification with the participation of a team member and patent attorney, as well as technological verification identifying technological challenges and preliminary R & D plan), – evaluation of each project by the Board of Experts in the form of a panel, – capital investment after the decision of the Investment Committee, – intensive experience between the new company and the team in the PoC phase (including the supervision of the Polish partners) and the development of the company’s values, but also the construction of the company’s value, – intensive cooperation between the new company and the team in the PoC phase (including supervision and cooperation with partners) — implementation of R & D projects in SMEs and carrying out technological analyses – legal analyses on investment and intellectual property rights – intensive business support of originators under acceleration – making equity investments in seed funds, including BRIdge Alfa – acquiring subsequent rounds of funding and conducting exit transactions c) effective acquisition of R & D projects: — from two target groups – research teams and R & D teams in SMEs