We look for start-ups with revolutionary ideas that have great chances of success. Though we do not require a complete team or a comprehensive business plan, we value the founding team members who develop a deep understanding and consideration of core technology, risks, economic benefits and competitive advantages. As such, our core principle is to eliminate the previously mentioned risk factors at minimum cost to the start-ups while in their early stage. The business plan of a start-up shall verify the market trends and help to determine the target market.

•   Investment Amount: $150,000-200,000 Canadian Dollars or equivalent Chinese Yuan

•   Target Destination: China, Canada, U.S.A.

•   Stage: Early-Stage

Leading Acceleration Fund strives to fund start-ups with extraordinary vision and help them to scale up and become leading players in China and North America. Our international team, business networks and resources enable us to better understand innovation trends, and thus to help our start-ups develop most efficiently. We aim to provide the most comprehensive business acceleration service. Through our platform we empower start-ups with resources and networks and assist them to formulate international market strategies and to build their core founding team.

•   Solution

What is your solution to a problem?

•   Unfair Competitive Advantages

If you have a breakthrough technology, IP, business model innovation or exclusive strategic partnership – why now? If your business idea has proved to be successful, to what extent will it bring economic benefits or have market impact? We value start-ups that focus on technology and innovation rather than sales and marketing alone.

•   Founder and Team

Who are you? Provide reasons on why you are qualified to lead your start-up business. Will any of your skillsets or strengths add value to solving the problem? Do you envision yourself as the long-term CEO or occupant of another position within the business? We focus primarily on the founder, business goals and technical team. We will explore your unique capability to solve the proposed problem. In addition, the core founding team is also very important.

•   Financial Management

It is crucial to fully understand and to mitigate the risks of technology. Start-ups should clearly define what key steps and tasks shall be completed in the area of financing. Fund requirements in future rounds of financing shall be planned as well. What is your contingency plan, in case the implementation does not progress as planned? What are your overall monthly operating expenses? What if your plan spans from a few months to several years?

•   Market and Competition

Do you have a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape globally? Does your business stem from the perspective of the end-users? What is the benchmark of your products? Is the future version of your products the latest version, or the future version, of that of your competitors? Does your innovation business serve a large enough market? Why cannot others mimic your business?

•   It is estimated we will reach XXX million in revenue in 2021.

•   Our userbase is projected to increase from 50 million to 150 million by the year 20XX.

•   I will be the next Unicorn.

•   I have drafted a full business plan, which requires some capital to execute.

Leading Growth Fund focuses on start-up businesses whose risks have been verified, or at least partially verified, although we are aware that businesses are still exposed to the substantial risks of technology and execution. With technology innovation remaining as our top priority, we would also like to learn about the existing risks faced by your business and the actions you have taken to mitigate them. We also look at the way you operate and how you have entered the market.Other factors, including markets, finances and a well-rounded team, are also regarded as critical in business evaluation. We can accommodate defects, but we think it is important for a founding team to have a clear understanding of their factors for success and the missing key factors.We want to know what you would like to receive from Leading Capital and why you think we would be your ideal long-term partner.

•   Investment Amount: $500,000-4,000,000 Canadian Dollars or equivalent Chinese Yuan

•   Target Destination: China, Canada, U.S.A.

•   Stages: dependent on the amount of funds required

The Leading Growth Fund applies its unique investment philosophy of Leading Capital to early and middle-stage technology start-ups. The founding team will benefit from our unique and strong international business networks, as well as the in-depth understanding our international post-investment team has of the local market. Leading Growth Fund targets start-up business in China, Canada and the United States as we believe that investing in different strategic markets is an importance component in forming an investment portfolio. Our efforts in corporate governance, international cooperation and cross-border acceleration reinforce the international exchanges between China and North America and bring opportunities for rapid development and sustainability to our investment portfolio.

•   Solutions

Please state the problem you are trying to solve. Why would the customer take your product/service? Do the customers have any other alternatives at the present time? Does your solution provide enough value to the customers? Do you have any supporting data? Please describe your business vision.

•   Founder and Team

Who are you? Why do you think you are qualified to lead this start-up business? Will you be the long-term CEO of the business? How will the founding team members contribute to the company in terms of their skillsets and values? What other roles/positions in your core team need to be fulfilled?

•   Financial Management

Please be prepared with your statement of financial projection, income, balance sheet and capitalization table. We also value the preparation for financial contingency. What is your financial requirement in the event that the cost of technology or the market experiences a plunge?

The founding team shall have clearly defined work and tasks that shall be completed in this round of financing. How long does it take to generate positive cash flow? How many rounds of financing are planned for the start-up business in the future? We look for financial projections for the next eight quarters and longer-term financial statements on an annual basis.

•    Market and Competitiveness

The market size shall not be determined by analyst reports as we believe that analysis models cannot accurately predict and reflect the timing and the market changes led by technology innovation. By the time we have access to the analysis report, the market data covered by the report is usually outdated. We are more prone to a bottom-up analysis of the market size based on reasonable assumptions. The market size related to the business should be the company’s maximum possible income, rather than the one based on the entire industry chain.

•   Our business is a perfect target for acquisition.

•   The government funding will make my success.

•   I have government permission for this business.

•   Real estate/small businesses

•   Businesses based on niche markets with fairly good IRR.

•   Listed Company

•   Copycats