Esm Investments

ESM has a very narrow focus on technology companies that have highly scalable software technologies; Internet platforms/communities and/or big data. These early stage companies will be B2B or B2C with defensible IP where possible. ESM's syndicated group needs to retain a very narrow industry sector focus in order to leverage existing contacts, the... skills and experience of the ESM group. ESM is currently targeting Scotland based companies. ESM is not considering other industry sectors at this time. SEIS or EIS qualifying companies only. Early or expansion stage; first or second external funding round. Fast growing companies are being sought. ESM's exit horizon is between 3-5 years. ESM will work with the founders to plan around this. ESM will typically invest £200k - £500k over the life of an investment, but this is not prescriptive. Each funding round is typically provided by 3-5 of ESM's individual investors. The Scottish Investment Bank is usually invited to co-invest with ESM.Read More