- Management team with successful track record
- Superior Technology
- Breakthrough technology, product or service
- Solid intellectual property
- Large Markets
- Potential to become substantial, sustainable enterprise
- Attractive to wide range of potential co-development and marketing partners
- Clear strategy of product and company development
- Financially Attractive
- Appropriate valuation
- Ability to form strong investment syndicate
- Multiple exit strategies
- Headquartered in the East Coast, preferably in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast