Deal Flow Intake Form

Thank you for your interest in funding from Brown Venture Group! Please complete the following application form, including background information on your company and its founders. Please send any supplemental materials (e.g., pitch deck, data room) to eyerusalem@brownventuregroup.com with the following subject line: [COMPANY NAME Application Materials].

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Company Contact Information

Company Name *

Shepherd pi

Company URL

Company Location (City, State/Territory/Country) *

Avon, MN/

Are you a tribal-owned business?

Yes

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If yes, which tribe?

Founder(s) or Main Point of Contact(s) Name *

Founder(s) or Main Point of Contact(s) Email *

laquanyal@gmail.com

Founder(s) or Main Point of Contact(s) Title

CEO

Company Background

What is your idea? *

How many FTEs does your company currently have? *

0-1

2-4

5-10

11-20

21-40

40+

How many part-time and/or contract employees does your company have?

0-1

2-4

5-10

11-20

21-40

41+

Describe your business model. *

List any notable customers or partners.

Do you already have a minimum viable product/prototype? (This question does not qualify or disqualify your application.)

Yes

Do you have Intellectual Property (IP) (e.g., patents, trade secrets, trademarks, etc.)? This question does not qualify or disqualify your application.

Yes

What progress have you achieved to date with your technology (e.g., adoption rate, number of users, sales, etc.)? *

What obstacles have you encountered or overcome during the design and scaling of your technology?

What is the Total Addressable Market (e.g., demographics, market segmentation, etc.)?

What industry are you in? (Select all that apply.)

Data/Analytics

Big Data

Impact (Social, Environmental, etc.)

Entertainment

Manufacturing

Hardware

Healthcare

Food/Beverage

Retail/E-Commerce

Education & Workforce Innovation

Insurance

Agriculture

Music/Art

Saas

Sports

Finance/FinTech

BioTech

Automotive

Other

If "other," please specify.

Investment

Are you pursuing investment as part of the tribal SSBCI program?

Yes

Not Sure

How much are you seeking to raise from BVG?

At what valuation are you seeking BVG investment?

Please list any firm(s) that have made an investment.

Demographics

How would you identify racially/ethnically?

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Two or More Races

Prefer Not to Answer

Are you an enrolled citizen of a tribe, or a shareholder of an Alaska Native Corporation?

Yes

If yes, which tribe?

Gender

Female

Male

Non-Binary

Other

What are your preferred pronouns?

She/Her

He/Him

They/Their

Ze/Zir

Other

If "other," please specify.

Has the company owner(s) ever been convicted of a sex offense against a minor (as such terms are defined in section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. § 16911))?

As a receipient of federal SSBCI dollars, BVG is required to certify that investees have not been convicted of certain sex offenses.

Yes