Look, life is too short. Ask Nic Fouquet. Vaux focuses on opportunities that match well with our simple realities, and have the following attributes:

Traction: Early stage companies that have established traction in the marketplace. This means sales and in most cases, an existing earnings stream to leverage.

Something new to talk about: A new product, market, or acquisition that will propel the company to the next level, and requires capital and teambuilding to do so.

Limited baggage: Basically, that means 1) most or all of the equity held by the founding partners. This speeds decisions and minimizes headaches for us all, and 2) doing things we understand like marketing driven companies, those that touch the consumer in some way, and most areas of tech. We're not so jazzed on life sciences. What is that anyways?

Local Company, Global Vision: like U.S. or UK headquarters and a desire to expand activities worldwide. Plus some industry credibility, like a depth of experience in the industry in question, a knowledge of the market, and a clear vision of the opportunity at hand. Or have one great team with those skills at the ready.

Hits our sweetspot
We generally invest between $500,000 and $2,000,000 over the life of the deal. Too small, and it is rarely worth starting our tractor. Any larger, and the private equity boys can take it away.

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