THE REFINERS – CHALLENGE #3

We are targeting South African and/or startup who are already self-sufficient in term of money.

**WHAT THE REFINERS SAYS**
“We believe technology is everywhere. When a technology project needs to be global to succeed, establishing success in the US, and often in Silicon Valley, is a must. It’s never a question of being somewhere first and expanding, it’s about being everywhere from the get-go.
We want to invest into foreign startups with a strategic necessity to thrive in the US, and where being in Silicon Valley is a must.”

**WHAT THEY WANT TO INVEST IN?**
We want to invest if key foreign co-founders (not all) are willing to relocate to Silicon Valley.

We want to invest in cross border startups

The original company stays in the country where it started, typically to run product development

The US becomes the center stage for business development and market strategy

Foreign founders already in the US are a potential target as well, and we will encourage starting implementing a cross border model.

Coming to the US to redefine and disrupt a market is a must. Trying to be better than competition is very complicated, being different is what works – Strong technology is what we are looking for.

We want to invest in a majority of strong technology projects.

We want to accelerate 100% foreign founders