Emerging growth companies and other venture-ready companies.
Buyouts and acquisitions under $5 Million.
Your firm must be a legal entity.
Companies with actual current revenues not to exceed $10 million.
Companies seeking first or next round funding not greater than $3-$5 million.
Low-tech, no-tech, high-tech are all accepted.
Companies who get selected are entitled to attend exclusive networking sessions with angel investors throughout the entire process.
Company applications will be reviewed by a team of private investors and other experts from the Private Investors Forum, which includes venture capitalists, angels, and others.
Thirty-four companies will be selected to exhibit, 24 non-university and 10 university. In addition to exhibiting, 24 companies (non-university only) will also give a brief presentation in a breakout meeting room.
Ten of the companies are university entrepreneurs and they only exhibit.
All application judges are active angel investors and/or professionals that work with Angels and Venture Capitalists. The investors in your field will be the one who scrutinize your business, thus, our judges know the industry for which they are judging your application.
After submitting a written application to AVF, more than 40 companies will be selected to deliver their elevator pitch at selection Day at Morgan Lewis’s offices in Philadelphia. From that program, companies will be selected to present at AVF.
AVF and its sponsors are focused on enhancing the chances our entrepreneurs success by providing the following benefits of application: