Venture Studio Family
Online community for startup studios, venture studios, & venture builders:
Connect with LPs who invest in studios & find investors for your portfolio companies
Connect with LPs who invest in studios & find investors for your portfolio companies
Upcoming meeting:
Recordings and summaries are available to VSF members
+ 29K contacts (FOs, LPs, FoFs, VCs, PEs, etc.) from our virtual confs
- Jan 13, 2026: Jan Andrzejczuk @ The Heart
Four paths to startup building success. Lessons from building ventures in-house, with corporations, scientists, and founders.
Upcoming meeting:
- Jan 13, 2026: Jan Andrzejczuk @ The Heart
Four paths to startup building success. Lessons from building ventures in-house, with corporations, scientists, and founders.
Recordings and summaries are available to VSF members
+ 29K contacts (FOs, LPs, FoFs, VCs, PEs, etc.) from our virtual confs
After publishing my 7-month research on startup studios in 2023, I connected with hundreds of studios worldwide. We've published our 2024 and 2025 studies on venture studios. We've also hosted 16+ Virtual Conferences (500-5,000 attendees) for venture studios & other investors: Family Offices, VCs, angels & Funds of Funds.
Venture Studio Family not only provides access to insights on fundraising, attracting founders, validating ideas & optimizing processes with AI, but also connects venture studios with global capital through our Zoom investor conferences.
I'm inviting 1) established studios, 2) emerging studios, & 3) aspiring studio founders to join our Venture Studio Family community.
Venture Studio Family not only provides access to insights on fundraising, attracting founders, validating ideas & optimizing processes with AI, but also connects venture studios with global capital through our Zoom investor conferences.
I'm inviting 1) established studios, 2) emerging studios, & 3) aspiring studio founders to join our Venture Studio Family 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 twice a year, where we invite investors & studios from the community
- Access to the database of investors FAMILIAR with the venture studio model (it's treasure 😁) who've joined our events
P2P Zoom Calls
- 1-hour call in groups of 5-10 peers every 1-2 months
- 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 with venture studios
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
Meeting with David Cohen-Tanugi, Venture Builder @ MIT Proto Ventures
- MIT's first and only in-house venture studio
- The Problem They're Solving
- The R&D Venture Studio Model
- Case Study: Clean Energy and Fusion Channel (2023-Present)
- Why the R&D Venture Studio Model Works?
- Best Practices for Building an R&D Venture Studio
Join and get access to the bonuses and benefits from our virtual conferences
29,000+ opt-in contacts & dozens of filters like check size, industry, geo, etc.
available for your studio and portfolio companies
29,000+ opt-in contacts & dozens of filters like check size, industry, geo, etc.
available for your studio and portfolio companies
- Video & Slides
- 2000+ Networking Base incl.: Angel (333), Angel syndicate lead (111), VC fund (331), Family Office (122), Accelerator (87), Fundraising advisor (114), Scout (96), Venture studio (124), startups (1757), other attendees (1100+)
- 120+ Startup Acceleration Hacks
- Video & Slides
- 2600+ Networking Base incl.: 1099 Business Owners / CEOs / Directors, 264 AI Investors, 352 AI Startups, 195 AI Freelancers / Agencies
- 110+ AI Hacks
- Video & Slides
- 4200+ Networking Base incl.: 387 SFOs, 152 MFOs, 305 LPs, 170 FoFs, 266 HNWIs ($1M+), 95 UHNWIs ($30M+), 632 Angel Investors, 848 VCs, 326 PE Funds, 374 Accelerators, 519 Venture Studios, 101 Hedge Funds, 137 Crypto Funds, 143 Private Credit Funds, 211 Corporations / CVC, 241 RE Funds, 1373 Pre-revenue Startups, 637 Cash-flow Businesses (pre-profit), 164 Dividend-paying Companies, 1115 Pre-seed, 795 Seed, 317 Series A, 107 Series B, 73 Series C, 105 Pre-IPO / Late Stage, 95 Public Companies, 72 Others.
- 150+ Fundraising & Investing Hacks
- 100+ Exceptional Professionals
- Video & Slides
- The full opt-in Super Networking Spreadsheet with 1,000s of investors, startups & other attendees, their email, LinkedIn, & filters.
- 330+ Exceptional Professional Hacks
- 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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