Portfolio Company Application Requirements
Accelerator portfolio firms are sizeable, high-growth-potential, minority-owned business enterprises. Qualifications for inclusion include, but are not limited to the following:
Annual revenues of $1 million or more.
Headquarters or a significant presence in the Cincinnati region.
Business plan or defined growth strategy that indicates strong potential for accelerated growth in 2-5 years.
Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Government (B2G) business model
Certification as a minority business enterprise by a third-party agency such as the local minority business supplier development council or a government agency.
Expectations of Portfolio Firms
The Accelerator provides Portfolio Firms with business development services, including:
Work closely with the Accelerator to develop a business strategy that defines where your business will play and how it will win.
Willingness to confidentially share financials, customer lists, and other key company data.
Strategically align with the Accelerator’s five-year goal of creating an additional 3,500 new jobs and $1 billion in aggregate annual sales among our region’s minority-owned companies.
As a Portfolio Company
Requirements
Once you are a portfolio company, you will be assigned an advisor that will support you with any and all of your growth needs, which might include: