How it works
Capital that comes back larger.
Five stages. The last one funds the first one, and each turn is bigger than the one before it.
Georgians put money in
Executives, exited founders, family offices, corporations, foundations and institutional funds. Some write one check. Some write many. All of it stays in state.
We underwrite and place it
Diligence, terms, and the instrument that fits the business. Equity where a company will scale and sell. Revenue-based financing where it will not. Capital is staged against milestones, never handed over all at once.
Founders get more than money
The check is the smallest part. What moves a company is a first customer, a person who has done the job before, and someone to call at 11pm. That is the part Georgia already has and does not organize.
Companies grow and hire here
Payroll, suppliers, tax base, and a reason for someone to stay in the county they grew up in. Growth ventures attract follow-on capital from outside the state. Operating businesses start repaying.
Returns come home
Exits, repayments and distributions. Most goes back to the investors who took the risk. A share stays in to fund the next company, and a share protects the founders.
Then it starts again, with more. More capital, more people who have done it, more companies that can hire the next graduate. That is the only reason to do this in one state instead of everywhere.
Who invests
Many ways in. One direction.
What we do not rebuild
Georgia already has most of this.
Angel groups, accelerators, universities and fund administrators exist and work. They are not connected to each other or to the money. We are the connection, not a replacement.
What a company gets
The support is the product.
Eight things, attached to one company, for as long as it needs them.
Where it goes next
Our check is the first one, not the last.
For growth ventures, the job is to make a company fundable by people much larger than us.
Ranges are illustrative and vary by track and sector. Operating businesses follow a different path: capital is repaid from revenue rather than resolved by a sale.
Returns, and what you do with them
Most of it to the people who took the risk.
And you decide how much of yours stays in.
Exact percentages, election mechanics and timing are offering terms, available to qualified investors through definitive documents. Nothing here is an offer or a projection of any return.