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Skyson Capital is an online incubator/accelerator based in Dubai that offers technical and business development services for startups in different stages (idea stage, seed funding, pre MVP, post MVP and up to series A) and industries. We are country agnostic and have worked with many startups from different parts of the world.
We are an online incubator/accelerator. We are not the average incubator that you meet. We don't provide seminars and workshops. We are more of a hands-on incubator. We pride ourselves on our programs which are different from programs provided by other incubators. We are committed in the long term and we deal with the business as cofounders who are as interested in its success as the founders themselves.
1. We would like to see innovative ideas that have good potential. We prefer not to work with copycat startups. 2. We also favor entrepreneurs who have good experience in a certain industry. 3. We prefer entrepreneurs who have already secured some of the money that they are raising or have experience in raising capital earlier. 4. We screen and review the documentation and focus on the business plan. The documents should reflect the feasibility of the startup.
We are industry agnostic. We work with startups from all industries. Our diversified programs and services fit a wide range of startups’ needs in different sectors. You can check our portfolio to see the diversity of startups that we have had in our programs.
We invest in startups of all stages: from idea-stage startups that are working on their MVP up to startups in series A or even beyond. If your startup is still in the idea stage then you can submit your idea and we will help guide you to build your startup. If you have already worked on your business plan and marketing analysis and are looking for a team to build your product, then you can assign Skyson Capital to become your technical partner and join our Tech Cofounder program. If you are in a more advanced stage and have already built your product and are looking for a team to help you in sales and marketing, then our Grow your Startup program would be the right fit. If the startup is looking for support in getting funded for its seed, series A, series B, or series C rounds, we help them through our Raise Capital program
So far, out of the companies we incubate, 70% get graduated and start generating income.
We don’t give cash money to entrepreneurs. We invest in sweat per equity. Our investment comes as a technical development (through our internal team) or business development. In many cases, a startup needs the money to build their product and its technical functions. Since Skyson Capital will become a technical cofounder/CTO for your startup and help build the technical aspects of the product, then cash money will not be needed as Skyson Capital will invest 50% of these costs. Skyson Capital covers 50% of the costs technical development requires in the Tech Cofounder program and 50% of the business development costs in the Grow your Startup program.
However, through our Raise Capital and Idea to Startup programs we do not invest ourselves and only help in matching the startup with our wide network of investors and VCs.
You can think of Skyson Capital as an accelerator/incubator and an investing company a the same time. We follow the normal life cycle of venture capital. We will make money by the following two ways:
1. Either from income generated by the startups in our programs as shareholders.
2. By selling equity of the start-ups once they raise more capital or through their exit.
As a company, we know that investing in a startup has high risks. However, we strongly believe in the abilities of our team, our investment strategy, and the selection criteria that we are following.
No, unless it's an exceptionally good investor proposition. We are not looking for investors ourselves as the incubator is backed up by many strong investors. But there is always a possibility that we may consider a new and interesting partner who is ready to take the risk with us and will bring experience and connections. If you possess what it takes to become a Partner at Skyson Capital, then please email our legal consultant and we will happily evaluate your candidacy.
We don't usually sign NDAs with entrepreneurs/investors because we have a lot of ideas that come along on a daily basis. Signing an NDA might hinder us from working with future teams who might have the same idea!