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Investment Criteria
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Our Objective To promote the development and upholding of Québec’s ICT companies and to contribute to structuring projects for Québec’s economy.
SGF concentrates on growth capital and focuses on companies corresponding to the following characteristics:
- Public or private companies
- Profitable business with a sound financial structure as well as positive and predictable cash flows
- Business plan with a project geared towards economical development
- Expert management team
- Growing market
- Proven technology
- Clear competitive advantage
- Maximum cumulative SGF participation and fiscally-advantaged funds: 50 %
SGF uses a rigorous process to select projects in line with its mission and three strategic orientations.
Projects selected in the ICT Group reflect one of SGF’s three business orientations:
- Undertaking projects in Québec with foreign partners.
- Consolidating and expanding corporations in Québec.
- Accelerating the national and international growth of high-performance Québec-based companies.
In line with its orientations, SGF offers development capital throughout a comprehensive series of financial tools – capital-share, preferred shares, senior debts, junior debts, mezzanine debts – in order to build customized partnerships based on the nature of specific corporate growth projects:
- Minimum investment: $5 million
- Maximum capital-share participation: 49%
- Investment horizon: 5 to 12 years
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