Our Focus
What we support – Our key criteria for investment
Akasha Ventures wish to work with the most passionate and spirited entrepreneurs around the world. The following principles and criteria can work as a guide to whether there is a possible between Akasha Ventures and an entrepreneur or a company.
The entrepreneur or company:
- Has an initially proven concept
- The company is headed by a specialized and deeply passionate entrepreneur who has shown the skill and the will to make it happen
- Are a movement or tribe that delivers something exciting, important and valuable to its tribe and something good for the world
- Has supporters and fans
- Provides value through functionalism, emotionalism and idealism
- Is based on a potential global niche that serves the “long tail” and potentially the “fat tail”
- Can be a global number 1 – 5 in its niche and has competitive edge and sustainability
- Is Internet based or using the internet as a significant part of its business system
- Is network based and uses network effects
- Fits our portfolio focus: Networked Based Business Support Services; Healthy Earth; Personal Health and Learning; Living and Working; Leisure and Pleasure; Profound Joy and Playfulness; or United Being
- Its Numbers and potential makes sense: high up side and potential high margins even at a lower turnover.
- Is cost optimized and cost efficient – with a relatively low burn and downside
- Fully funded to break with available and provided resources from Akasha Ventures
- Corporate alignment between the founder’s deeper mission and the company’s mission
- Aligns with Akasha Ventures’ mission and vision
- Is a Networks/company with which we can have fun
Global waves we ride
Our focus is on changes within technology, consumer demands and globalization. We believe that these changes mean new opportunities for those who flow with the following dynamics:
- People use the internet
- Internet users execute their searches through the net before anywhere else
- Internet being the primary source of information and service consumption
- The internet connects and spreads if it is good
- Social networks and communities connect people and interest forming movements and tribes
- In niches the world has become truly global
- Even the smallest interest can be turned into a large global movement
- Real revenues
- Users of the internet are used to paying for services and adding them up in numbers, it becomes real revenues
- Low Investment for setting up a business
- The Internet evolution has made it cost efficient to build a global internet network
- Open source systems
- Possibility for outsourcing to low cost countries
- Low operating cost through service based outsourcing
- Several internet services available to support business operation
- Ready to use and at a low monthly subscription
- Early Break even
- The capital required for an internet based business network / movement / tribe has significantly decreased and break even can be reached within a relatively short period
- Need for experience, management, support and structure
- Entrepreneurs wish for support to build their dream. They don’t really need money.
No need for fat guys – A new type of venture funding
- Venture capital companies are financially structured by large funds
- With big investments per company – which is really not needed
- Little value added to the entrepreneur and his company on an operational level – which is needed
- Leaving the entrepreneur with the risk of dilution and loss of control, influence and return.
