Important: read or download the M&A Awards 2019 regulations here.
Criteria Best PE Venture Capital deal here
Venture Capital deals are defined as deals involving Belgian based start-up/scale-up companies and Venture Capital firms. Venture capital provides growth capital for start-ups or young high growth companies. Venture Capital refers to equity investments made for the launch, early development or accelerating the go-to-market process.

The distinguishing feature with a venture capital deal is that there is an investment in a company that goes through a technological, high-risk pre-investment and therefore initially has negative cash flows. This can be a Life Sciences deal with high yields at the exit. 

The best venture capital deals are defined as exit deals where the value creation process and the quality of the exit can be judged​. 

Nominated deals are determined by the strategy behind the deal, the complexity of the transaction, evidence of great and authentic leadership of the management, innovative deal, a competitive exit price and the development of a strong, progressive culture and wider contribution to all stakeholders. 

Growth factors such as revenue, EBITDA, employment, new markets, innovation, etc. are decisive for the jury.

There is no cap on the size of the deal. 
This can be a majority or a minority interest in a company.
The buyer is irrelevant and can be a private equity party, corporate, family office or via a management buy-out.
The majority or minority share is irrelevant. 

Facts & figures nomination
1. Name of the deal
2. Date closed
3. Published value
4. Buyer
5. Target
6. Seller
7. Involved firms and advisors sell side
8. Involved firms and advisors target
9. Involved firms and advisors buy side

Pitch nomination
10. Brief description deal / Deal outline
11. Deal rationale
12. What is the impact of this deal for the company?
13. What is the impact of this deal for the direct stakeholders?
14. What is the impact of this deal on the society?
15. Why does this deal deserve a nomination?

Requirements pre-nominations
The pitch must be complete and consist of a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 1500 words and can therefore vary per question. The editors will reject all nominations submitted that do not meet these criteria.

Deadline
You can submit and substantiate your pitch by means of the questions below. The pitch must be submitted before the first of October 2019. The organization will publish the nominees for the M&A Awards 2019 mid October on MA-Awards.be an MenA.be.

By submitting this pitch, you agree that it may be published on MA-Awards.be, MandA.be and MenA.nl. 

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