We see supply-demand imbalances along any value chain, and back market-creating companies at the chokepoints until they own the market.

Our mission

We study the market before we look at a single company.

Investment firm and operating partner: we map how value moves through markets, take concentrated positions where it is stuck, and hold an active operating role through the holding period.

Venture: We invest in B2B enabling tech - pick and shovels

  • We invest in what we can see from a data pov and where intrinsic growth momentum and valuation make sense for our fund strategy. This typically occurs around the traditional seed stage

  • We invest in B2B enabling technologies that encompass: security and trust; orchestration; distribution / monetization; human-to-machine interaction and collaboration

  • We focus on global markets where these areas are experiencing constraints and bottlenecks across the board due to a myriad of factors. When ‘disruption’ takes place on a global scale and across virtually all market segments of the value chain, new foundations will be laid. B2B enabling technology companies are the plumbing of the newly established order.

  • Our preference goes to companies that solve industry bottlenecks we identified, starting at the lower end of a market (simpler adoption) or building new market-creating platforms due to their higher survivability probability.

Structural Capital Strategies to Find where markets get stuck.
Deploy capital to unstick them.

Before we reach out, we do our homework on the market, competition, and your company’s position over time. If our system cannot gather sufficient data on your company, it is unlikely that we will be able to invest at this time. We look for strong market signals before we go deep with the founders.

An investment philosophy driven by unique market insights

Our approach

Making decisions as founder-minded as they are data-guided

  • Typically 28-days from the 1st conversation to the investment decision. We can move much faster, but like to really get to know the founders.

  • Partners lead every investment and on every call except calls with coaches

    • Pre-outreach market and company diligence

    • Several calls with the founder(s)

    • 1-2 calls with the team

    • Company diligence (financial, tech, operational)

    • 1 call between the founder and our assessment coach (ex-founder, focused on personal aspects)

    • Founder reference, current and prospective client calls

    • A personal approach - we are interested what truly drives you

    • Data guided - we share our proprietary market insights

    • Personal development - we support you with coaches on your journey

    • Connection - we don’t just open our network, we connect together in nature and do deep inner work together

Where support is always personal

  • Operational Partner Support: GTM/Sales, strategy, AI, fundraising

  • Founder Coaching Support: Vetted personal coaches and curated personal development retreats supported by the Venture Beyond community

With a team of ex operators

Mike

Joachim

Sarah

Thomas

Our team

Who invested in over 80 companies

EasyDMARC

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Mattoboard

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Algorized

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Binarly

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Lemonaid

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Color

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EasyDMARC • Mattoboard • Algorized • Binarly • Lemonaid • Color •

Our Past Investments

With a founders-first and market analytics approach

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