A challenge with academic investigators and early-stage startups is that it is difficult to attract experienced management and seed capital. At Rift, we consider ourselves "Operational Investors" where our team gets to work right away using a shared success model. In most cases, we leverage grants to support early de-risking and development. In this model, founders see less dilution compared to early investor funded programs. When we do seek investor support, critical de-risking milestones have been achieved allowing for improved valuations.
In addition to our interest in promising technologies, we are interested in working with investigators and founders that are committed to the project.
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