LIFE Company Characteristics

LIFE looks for the characteristics set out in the table below from its potential client companies, this list is designed as a guide only and LIFE aims to provide the missing pieces with its acceleration process.

Area
LIFE seeks:
Technology
  • Clear Intellectual property ownership
  • Proprietary versus commodity
  • Enabling versus incremental
  • Disruptive
  • Multiplier or factor of ten times
  • Low switching costs
  • Low education costs
Energy Supply Chain
  • Representation across the chain
  • Prime mover and end of pipe products and technologies
  • Processes as well as products
Investment
  • Great deals, not good deals
  • Exceptional ROI
  • Dominant competitive advantages
  • Proven management
  • Large and growing markets
  • Synergy with other accelerator companies