HOW IT WORKS
Tell us about your bright idea. If we love it, we’ll arrange to hear more and find out if there’s potential for our teams to work together.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Gabriel typically supports pre seed stage Scottish companies with an exciting opportunity to scale rapidly using patentable technologies or specialist knowledge.
As we invest alongside Scottish Enterprise, we can only support businesses operating in sectors aligned to its strategic priorities.
Our members prefer to invest in companies raising around £150k equity, ideally alongside other funding sources such as grants or loans, and valued at less than £1.5m.
They will also consider investing alongside other early stage investors, where the company is raising a larger round on a valuation of up to £3m. To apply on this basis, you should have lead investor discussions well progressed and be looking to complete your funding round.
YOUR APPLICATION
Please complete our eligibility information, to tell us more about your company, the founder(s) and the investment opportunity.
If your business aligns with our investors’ interests, we’ll then invite you to complete our full online application.
The next step is to share more about your business and investment plans with a small group of our investors on a short call. If they agree they’d like to hear more, then we’ll invite you to pitch to our full investor group.
THE PITCH
Before the pitch, our team will work with you to ensure you’re ready to present to our investors and give you the best chance of success.
On the pitch day, you’ll have 10 minutes to present your idea. There will be a further 20 minutes for investors to ask you questions. Meetings can be in person or online, depending on our calendar, and we can be flexible to accommodate any preferences or adjustments needed.
Our gatekeeper will share the feedback from the investors following the pitch meeting. If you’re successful in securing an offer, we’ll work to issue a term sheet at the earliest opportunity.
NEXT STEPS
The investment timescales depend on who is leading the round and if there are any factors which make it challenging to follow our normal structure and process. We will work with you to manage the process and tie in with any other funding applications you’re completing, such as grants.
Following the investment, Gabriel provides support through our team, an investor mentor or director and appropriate introductions to our network. We aim to help your business achieve its key early commercialisation targets and be ready to raise a next stage investment in 9-12 months.