Working with Cedar Grove Investments
Cedar Grove Investments is based upon the original venture capital model where successful executives pool together capital and expertise to assist promising entrepreneurs in the heavy lifting of creating great companies.

This approach affords us a certain flexibility and continuity not otherwise enjoyed by traditional venture funds. We can fund companies at the very earliest stages and stay with them long-term. While we like to focus our energies and skills on targeted industries, our flexibility also means that we can also look outside our core focus for new and exciting opportunities.

We work together with entrepreneurs, sometimes before the concept for a new company has even been charted, and continue as active shareholders throughout their growth. Our typical investment generally ranges from $250 thousand to $2 million, but we will also seed and perhaps incubate promising young startups with as little at $50 thousand until a concept is proven.

We have been very successful in working with many of the most prominent venture capitalists to raise follow on rounds needed to take the next step in growing the business and developing important relationships. Likewise, we have been instrumental in recruiting top-flight management and technical teams from the CEO on down for our start-up companies.

We are interested in working with exceptional people and experienced management teams first and foremost. Secondarily, we look for a strong business model, growing market, defensible technology and a potential industry leadership position. We recognize that not all start-ups possess all of these attributes at the time of investment, and because of that Cedar Grove Investments seeks to help entrepreneurs win by building world-class businesses that ultimately succeed in all these areas.

Some of the ways we have helped companies include:

· Acting as a sounding board in consultation on strategy and operational issues.

· Assisting in identification and recruitment of key employees, board members and advisors.

· Providing introductions to important partners in key software, hardware, internet, distribution, and communications companies.

· Providing introductions to important customers.

· Providing additional competitive surveillance and updates on new technical directions.

· Assisting in developing product and marketing strategies.

· Assisting in additional financing including any subsequent venture financing, bank debt, mergers and acquisition or IPOs.

· Providing introduction to investment bankers and analysts in preparation of an IPO.