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Venture Capital Services



VC partner: branding & strategy



We trade services for equity



In this model, we trade the value of our services for an equity stake in select ventures.


For certain companies with which we feel our goals and world views are aligned, we can consider sharing the risk and exchanging our services for equity.


We have decades of working with Fortune 50 and 500 corporations and have deep expertise in positioning companies for extraordinary success that spans generations. We are confident in the value we create and know that we are the difference between making do and making way.


We have a simple and transparent approach where we estimate the cost of our services and trade their value for an equity stake in companies at their current valuation.


We aim to become a long-term partner and contribute to the success of these companies through their IPO and beyond.



Areas of interest



A non-exhaustive list



Healthtech, medtech, biotech, life sciences.

Medical devices. Organoids. Prosthetics.

Veterinary tech. Pet products. Pet tech.

Product tech, PaaS.

Spacetech and robotics.

Cleantech. Agritech.

Gaming and VR.

This list is non-exhaustive. We would love to see exciting tech and products that genuinely want to improve the world for all.



Minimal conditions



What's the minimum you need



Working MVP.

Customer research to show this is a real problem.

Some traction (or, at the minimum, pilot users).

Why you? Why now? What's game-changing?



Investment



Deal details



We typically invest USD 25,000 worth of branding and strategy services (naming, brand fundamentals, and visual identity) at seed levels (and, on occasion, pre-seed).


We may consider joining in series A/B rounds with larger investments of up to USD 250,000 worth of services (perceptual positioning strategy, category design, naming/renaming, vocabulary and verbal identity, distinctive brand assets creation and advanced branding elements, go-to-market strategy, launch strategy, PR and events strategy, content strategy, social media strategy).



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