New Venture Investments

ISA’s Venture Capital Program

New Ventures

• Creative and innovative

• Far-reaching in impact

• Potentially very risky

• Potential high ROI– Financial or Relevance

From Concept to Reality:Funding a New Venture

• Do your homework

• Build a solid business case

• Develop a detailed project plan with staff

• Submit to the New Venture Investment Committee (NVIC)– Projects funded one year at a time

Outstanding Concepts Needed

• Get involved

• Provide input

• Help effectively invest ISA’s venture capital– $4MM available in 2005 for worthwhile and

significant investments

www.isa.org/venturecapital