Venture Studio Family
Paid P2P online community for startup studios, venture studios, & venture builders
Upcoming meeting:
Previous meetings:
May 13th: Michael van Lier @ Builders:
Engineering Capital with Entrepreneur‑Led Family Offices
Recordings and summaries are available to VSF members
- April 15th: Fundraising insights @ CyGO & @ Zoë Foundry
- March 11th: Farhad Alessandro Mohammadi, CEO @ Mamazen
- February 4th: Jonathan Hull, Managing Director @ Idealab
Upcoming meeting:
May 13th:
Michael van Lier @ Builders:
Engineering Capital with Entrepreneur‑Led Family Offices
After publishing my 7-month research on startup studios, I got connections to hundreds of studios worldwide. Since that, together with my team, I began hosting Online Conferences and launched this P2P community.
Venture Studio Family is a super opportunity for all studios to access investors familiar with the venture studio model, gain best practices and useful content from experienced peers, as well as educate the market on the venture studio model.
I'm inviting 1) established studios, 2) emerging studios, & 3) aspiring studio founders to join the community.
Venture Studio Family is a super opportunity for all studios to access investors familiar with the venture studio model, gain best practices and useful content from experienced peers, as well as educate the market on the venture studio model.
I'm inviting 1) established studios, 2) emerging studios, & 3) aspiring studio founders to join the community.
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- established studios
- emerging studios
- aspiring studio founders
What do you get?
Access to Investors
- Pitch opportunity at our virtual Demo Day quarterly, where we invite investors & studios from the community
- Access to the database of investors FAMILIAR with the venture studio model (it's treasure 😁) that join our events
P2P Zoom Calls
- 1-hour call in groups of 5-10 peers every 2-3 weeks
- Guest speakers from notable studios
- 2-time options for different regions (Americas / Europe / Africa / Asia Pacific)
Access to Content
- Recordings & summaries of previous Zoom calls
- Catalog of articles, memos, and templates from our podcast
- Paid ticket benefits from our online conferences: networking lists, video recordings, speakers' slides, and hacks
Individual Requests
- Personalized intros
- Special meetings tailored to your interests, such as industry focus, region, etc.
Last Activity
- Demo Day
A closed pitch session by the Venture Studio Family to foster initial connections between investors and venture studios.
Participants- Members of the Venture Studios Family seeking investments in Holdco or a Fund
- Investors (LPs, Angels, FOs, etc.) interested in venture studios as investment opportunities
Join and get access to recordings & summaries of previous Zoom calls
Family members shared their best practices and cases on:
- the whole process of attracting founders,
- channels of collecting applications and searching for candidates,
- selection criteria and assessment methods,
- pros/cons of different categories of founders,
- terms they offer, equity split, etc.
Guest speakers & topics:
- Creating a bootstrap startup studio in Latam by Lucas Lopatin, Founder @ Indie Build
- How to keep having zero cash-burn for 4 years by Inge Grini, Co-Founder & CEO @ Intellectual Labs AS
- The main hacks to get cash flow for a studio by Shilpa Kannan, Sr. Product Manager @ Amazon and the co-author of Venture Studios Demystified
- Making a venture studio profitable almost from day 1 by Aleksander Meidell-Hagewick, Managing Partner & Chairman @ MILIEU
Guest speakers & topics:
- Mamazen Studio's practices for fundraising by Farhad Alessandro Mohammadi, Founder & CEO @ Mamazen
- Fundraising practices in The Heart by Jedrzej Iwaszkiewicz, Co-founder & CCO @ the Heart
- Studio Fundraising: Networking with potential investors and post-fundraising relations by Sharon Klaver, Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Builders
- Overview of the fundraising process by Nathan Beckord, Founder & CEO @ Fundingstack
Guest speakers & topics:
- Team Composition, Trust and Team Dynamics and Stock Option Plans by Farhad Alessandro Mohammadi, CEO @ Mamazen
- Effective Team Composition and Founder-Centric Approach by Chris Kelly, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Stackpoint Ventures (formerly Gemini)
Guest speakers & topics:
- Sources of Ideas by Max Volokhov, CEO @ Mitgo Ventures
- AltaML Venture Studio Overview by Craig Haney & Cassy Sides @ AltaML
Guest speakers:
- Quentin Nickmans, Founder & Partner @ Hexa (scaled from eFounders) – studio with 3 unicorns out of 40+ startups launched (portfolio valuation: $5B+).
- Marc Wesselink, Co-Founder @ venturerock, – building 15+ startups with a 72-step venture development program, and investing in proprietary Venture Studios.
- Michael Ellenby, Director of Strategic Partnerships @ Coplex, – launched 150 startups since 2016 and came to the model of launching studios for corporates.
T.A. McCann, Managing Director @ Pioneer Square Labs, shared his insights on:
- Building a Successful Venture Studio: Founding Team, Criteria, and Structure
- Fundraising
- Validation stage
- The importance of having a clear focus on vertical, geographic, business model, and founder
- 3 types of founders PSL attracts
Renan Devillieres, founder and CEO @ OSS Ventures, shared his experience of securing €8.5M for their startup studio.
- Identifying and approaching potential investors; Ideal Investor Profiles
- Key investors involved
- Timeline from initial contact to closing the deal
- Key challenges
- The most difficult questions posed by investors
Meeting with Elliott Parker, CEO @ High Alpha Innovation
- Partnership with Corporations
- Partnership with Universities
- Challenges and Strategies in Startup Building
- Complexities of fundraising in the current market environment
- International Expansion by partnering with a venture fund in Japan
Meeting with Milun Tesovic, Partner @ Expa
- Expa's story, structure, and insights into startup success
- Successes of Expa portfolio companies
- Challenges in startup building
- Thoughts on exits and future planning
Join and get access to the bonuses and benefits from our online conferences
- Video & Slides
- 2600+ LinkedIn Networking Base incl. 265 SFOs, 85 MFOs, 112 FoFs, 62 LPs (Institution), 219 LPs (Private Person), 67 UHNWIs ($30M+), 686 VCs, 170 PE Funds, 117 RE Funds, 48 Hedge Funds, 75 Blockchain / Crypto Funds, 272 Fundraising advisors/placement agencies, 258 Advisors to Family Offices & HNWIs, 371 Venture Studios, 497 Angel Investors, 814 Startups, 86 Corporations / CVC, 6 Pension Funds, 8 SWFs, 16 Endowment/Foundations, 26 Banks, 23 Government, 128 Others.
- 150+ Fundraising & Investing Hacks
- Video & Slides
- The full opt-in networking list of 900+ participants (LinkedIn &/or email) open to: 469 Co-found a startup, 561 Be a guest on a podcast, 561 Speak at events, 483 Invest in startups (Angel or VC), 235 Invest in VC/PE funds, 502 Get funding for projects, 670 Advise startups, 262 Get a job offer, 640 In-person events/travel/retreats, 745 Open for networking and other opportunities
- 60+ Fundraising & Investing Hacks
- Video & Slides
- ~3000 LinkedIn Networking Base incl. 241 Single Family Offices, 80 Multi Family Offices, 429 Advisors to FOs & HNWIs, 155 Funds of Funds, 266 LPs, 1099 VCs, 194 PE funds, 481 Venture Studios, 236 Exited Founders, 527 Angels.
- 70+ Capital Hacks on Fundraising, Investing and Capital Allocation.
- Video & Slides
- ~3,248 LinkedIn Networking Base incl. LinkedIn profile, email, type. As of August 28: 805 Angels, 221 Syndicates, 185 LPs, 454 VCs, 1,735 Founders, 274 Accelerators, 188 Family Offices, 259 Exited Founders, 431 Venture Studios.
- 150+ Fundraising and Bootstrapping Hacks.
- Video & Slides
- ~1280 LinkedIn Networking Base incl. LinkedIn profile, email, type. As of September 20: 113 SFO, 42 MFO, 82 LPs, 261 VCs, 49 PEs, 180 Venture Studios, 547 Startups, 258 Angels.
- 57+ Fundraising Hacks.
- Video & Slides
- 900+ LinkedIn Networking base incl. 120 established, 234 emerging, and 246 just starting studios
- 80+ Venture Studio hacks on Launching a new studio, Managing a studio, Attracting the best founders, Fundraising for venture studio & its startups, Attracting advisors, network & government support, Defining problems, generating and testing ideas, Reaching PMF before MVP
- Video & Slides
- 650+ LinkedIn Networking base incl. 500 Venture Studio founders and stakeholders, 403 Startups, 187 Angels, 90 VCs, 44 GPs, 19 LPs, 12 Funds of Funds, 28 Family Offices, 16 PE firms
- 40 lessons learned from the biggest failures by Venture Studios & Startups
- Video & Slides
- 1000+ LinkedIn Networking base incl. 144 GPs, 65 LPs, 227 Angels, 48 Family Offices, 179 VCs, 344 Venture Studios, 501 Startups
- 70+ Venture Studio hacks on Fundraising for VC funds, Deal flow creation, Investment decision-making, etc.
- Video & Slides
- 800+ LinkedIn Networking base incl. 81 Family Offices, 152 VCs, 223 Venture Studios, 24 PE Firms, 16 Funds of Funds, 112 Angels, 30 LPs, 215 Startups.
- 45 Hacks related to FOs and relations with them: structure & team, diversification of the investment portfolio, investment decision-making, how to set relations; how to set up relationships with Family Offices for investments, etc.
- Video & Slides
- 500+ LinkedIn Networking Base incl. 118 CVBs, 204 Venture studios, 61 Corporate executives, 157 Startups, 49 Exited founders, 71 Angels, 42 GPs, 12 LPs, 53 VCs, 5 Funds of Funds, 30 Family Offices, 7 PE firms.
- 40+ Corporate Venture Building hacks aimed at enhancing partnerships, streamlining CVB models, and navigating the corporate venture landscape.
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