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BEFORE APPLYING FOR FUNDING
Read the following before applying for funding:
1. MLA Investment Criteria
2. Getting Funded – What our Members Look for In A Pitch
3. Example of a One Page Executive Summary
These are guidelines for what kind of ventures we fund, what we
look for in venture and how to format your executive summary. If
you have questions about the resources or are still unsure if you are
a fit for Maple Leaf Angels please email info@mapleleafangels.com.
3. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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INITIAL APPLICATION
• Investment Review Committee (IRC)
• For companies that identify as investment ready
• Unsure if you are investment ready? You may want to take this quiz:
NAO – Ontario Investment Ready Quiz
• Documents required for IRC
• Executive summary
• Pitch deck
• Other relevant info
Entrepreneurs first introduce themselves and their venture to Maple Leaf
Angels.
4. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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MLA STAFF REVIEW
• Ventures that meet criteria are further screened in one on one meeting
• Following screening selected companies are granted IRC review
• Ventures that do not meet criteria notified
• Developing ventures recommended to mentorship session and/or
workshops
Timeline: 30 days
MLA Staff reviews venture applications for appropriate fit with MLA and to
determine if ventures should proceed to IRC review.
5. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
5
The IRC Meets on a monthly basis to review applications and/or view
pitches.
At a pitch session the IRC will see between 4 - 8 companies out of which 2
– 3 companies will be selected to present to all members at the next
investment meeting.
Timeline: 30 - 120 days*
*The range is due to the MLA Investment Meeting Schedule – occasionally MLA has
targeted sessions which not all qualified ventures will fit into
Ventures must pass the IRC formal review will be asked to do a pitch to the
IRC.
6. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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PRESENT TO MLA
• Ventures who pitch to IRC but are not selected to pitch to members
will receive follow up.
• Ventures who are selected to pitch to the membership at large will
receive follow up coaching.
Timeline: 30 days
Those 2-3 successful ventures from the IRC Pitch Session will then pitch to all
MLA Members
7. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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MLA DEAL ROOM
Based on Member Interest
Allows all MLA members to
review venture prior to
presentation
Timeline: As long as
investment considered by
MLA angel(s)
Online private portal for ventures to upload content to interact with members
of the MLA Community
8. Initial
Application
MLA Staff
Review
Investment
Review
Committee
Present to
MLA
Deal Room
Due
Diligence
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DUE DILIGENCE
• Members make individual investment decisions but collaborate on due
diligence activities
• See this sample Due Diligence Checklist from the Angel Capital Association to
get a sense of the process (all of the items may not be in place for all
companies this is a general overview):
Sample Due Diligence Checklist from ACA
• Following Due Diligence a Term Sheet will be compiled, while there is no one
set model for term sheets for Angel Investing MLA has hosted workshops on
term sheets for angels, see below for our Intro to Term Sheets Deck:
Introduction to Angel Term Sheets
