To quote our own mission: “We scout, sign and scale early HR Tech startups. Based on our exceptional expertise and unique allyance network, we enable them to build companies people simply love.” That being said, we go several steps further than your average VC that is just in it for the EXIT. 
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We are not solely focused on short-term gains but pursue a long-term investment strategy. Therefore, we invest in sustainable and forward-thinking solutions that are poised for long-term success and have a positive social impact. 

In addition to financial support, we offer you operational support in all areas of starting a business. Be it sales, marketing, business development, product design, finance, legal, leadership training and so on. When we agree to invest in your startup, you can be sure that we value it at least as much as you do and want it to be the best version possible.

We invest in ideas or early-stage startups that are focused on the future of work and that are either based in the German-speaking region or want to do business in it. 

In non-HR-Tech relevant topics or topics which are not directed towards the future of work. We also do not invest in later stages but exclusively in early stage startups. Also you should either be based in the German speaking area - or want to do business in this area.

We invest as early as possible. in many of our investments, we were founding shareholders. In almost all cases, we were on board before or with the first business angels. 

At the moment, all our holdings are in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria & Switzerland). However, we are also open for startups from abroad who want to enter these markets thanks to us. 

We are both happy lead investor - as well as we have no problem investing with other investors. 

We invest - depending on the maturity of the idea / venture - between 25,000 to 125,000 EUR cash. In addition, we invest between 6 - 24 months of operational support. The total investment therefore usually amounts to between 50,000 EUR to 250,000 EUR. We can invest in the form of a capital increase or a convertible loan and always require at least 5% of the company after the subsequent financing round. 

After sending your pitch deck, the allygatr management team will take a look at it. We can then make a decision as allygatr. If we are intrigued, an invitation to a pitch will follow. Depending on the topic, 1 - 3 members of the allygatr team usually take part. After the pitch an internal vote will take place and a decision will be made.  After the acceptance by us, a small due diligence follows.

In > 90 % of all cases the time from sending the pitch deck to transferring the money (if by convertible loan) is less than 4 weeks, in some cases less than 1 week. 

No! We also invest in ideas. For example, we have already helped several of our investments to become successful, profitable companies within the first year after foundation! There is no such thing as "too early" with us.