A company must be able to demonstrate the capacity to undergo a liquidity event in order for it to receive an investment from us.
We are committed to our mission statement – to earn superior returns for our investors with no long-term cash freezing, by helping impactful entrepreneurs build great growth companies. Our investment policy is predominantly focused on non-listed securities of early stage companies and opportunistic corporate finance transactions such as pre-IPOs, IPO placements and private placements. The positions will follow a multi-market, multi-time frame and multi-strategy investment approach and will accordingly focus on different markets and time frames (excluding real estate).
The Fund is not expected to have any bias towards any specific issuer, industrial, geographic or other market sector and has preferred coverage in Europe within Biotechnology, Blockchain, HealthTech, Foodtech, MobilityTech, Sports, Information Security and Supply-chain Technology. Our company has a longstanding commitment to a diverse investment process– says Richard Piotrowski, non-exec director and strategic advisor to Anderton SICAV plc.
We target sectors that are experiencing above-average growth relative to the broader market. We utilize our proactive research program and dedicated Anderton Strategic Advisory Group (ASAG) of seasoned entrepreneurs to recognize important market trends early. We identify and invest in companies and management teams to capitalize on those trends. Our portfolio value creation and exit strategy is based on several core principles:
- Proprietary Deal Sourcing. We evaluate investment opportunities using a variety of signals aggregated from a multitude of data sources to access an exhaustive list of companies mapped to identify their hidden gems and opportunities.
- Our investment manager uses Bloomberg AIM and Arcoba software to predict emerging industry trends and to ensure that the portfolios under management comply with the asset management agreement restrictions and the Risk exposure is below the acceptable levels as defined by the Law.
- Our built-in accelerator opens access to other external corporate accelerators, big VC/PE, CVCs and allows us to properly track our investments and identify exit opportunities for portfolio companies, before the investment decision is sealed. We have a very hands-on approach to building businesses.
- A return on investment for our Fund is typically produced by having a liquidity event. The three most common types of liquidity events are direct acquisitions by other corporations or VC/PE firms, an initial public offering (IPOs) or management buyout. A company must be able to demonstrate its capacity to have a liquidity event in order for it to receive an investment from us.
Anderton SICAV plc has developed a unique framework that focuses on six key areas for creating value and reducing risk:
- Strategy/Product
- Management team
- Customers/Partnerships
- Investor Syndication
- Industry Category
- Investor Exit
Fund managers spend a significant amount of time, effort, and due diligence sourcing new deals, but often far too little time defining upside potential leading up to a sale. There is a significant opportunity to become more deeply involved in the selling process and take pre-emptive actions that will swing value realization in favor of our investors” – says Joanna Stec-Gamracy, Anderton SICAV plc investment committee member.
