Sec. 228.152.  INVESTMENT IN EARLY STAGE BUSINESS REQUIRED.  (a)  In this section, "early stage business" means a qualified business that:
(1)  is involved, at the time of a certified capital company's first investment, in activities related to the development of initial product or service offerings, such as prototype development or establishment of initial production or service processes;
(2)  was initially organized less than two years before the date of the certified capital company's first investment; or
(3)  during the fiscal year immediately preceding the year of the certified capital company's first investment had, on a consolidated basis with the business's affiliates, gross revenues of not more than $2 million as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(b)  A certified capital company must place at least 50 percent of the amount of qualified investments required by Section 228.151(b) in early stage businesses.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1B.001, eff. April 1, 2009.