WIN: Women's Investment Network
Next WIN Meeting: Tuesday, September 29th
Companies interested in applying to present at the September 29th WIN meeting need to apply by 5:00 PM on Friday, August 28th.
The Women's Investment Network (WIN) is a forum for women who are active angels or would like to learn more about becoming an angel investor.
WIN's mission is to promote investment opportunities, angel education and networking opportunities. Its goals are:
- To increase the number of women angel investments in Oregon through education, company presentations, and networking.
- To facilitate relationships between investors and entrepreneurs, so qualified women can join advisory committees and obtain board positions with emerging businesses.
- To exchange knowledge and expertise in the due diligence process, where mentorship becomes a natural activity for experienced angels to mentor novice investors.
WIN Membership
Members attending WIN meetings must qualify as "accredited investors." This is defined as a person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, at the time of her purchase exceeds $1,000,000, or a person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
Members must join OEN, and also pay WIN membership dues.
Companies Looking for Funding
To be selected to present at WIN, a company must submit its executive summary for screening. The screening committee recommends those plans for further WIN consideration that it feels best meet the investment interests of the organization's members. OEN and WIN, however, do not make any recommendation about the investment prospects of a particular company.
Entrepreneurs are strongly encouraged to complete the Private Business Plan Review process prior to submitting your executive summary to PAN.
- Executive Summaries must be submitted via Angelsoft: www.angelsoft.net/apply/oen-win
- Length not to exceed 6 pages
- PDF only
- No additional attachments
- Minimal or no graphics please
- Executive summary must be named <name of company>.pdf
Executive Summary Should Include:
- Contact name, address, phone numbers, email address
- Business idea in clear language - avoid excessive technical information
- Management team
- Financial information, including the amount of funding requested
- Advisors, board of directors information
WIN Preferences
WIN will look at opportunities with good growth and profit potential, with a clear exit strategy. Early stage deals are preferred. Companies should be seeking capital within the range of $250,000 to $2,000,000.
Companies chosen to present at WIN will be expected to keep OEN apprised of any investment received through contacts made as a result of their presentation. This information will be collected for research purposes only, and will be aggregated. Investment in individual companies will not be made public, only total amounts invested collectively in all presenting companies will be announced.