No Early-stage Startup Strategy? No Problem.
Venture Clienting can spark corporate innovation and work seamlessly with R&D, CVC, and M&A programs.
Our Unique Model & OPM*
The Venture Builder team cut our teeth as corporate intrapreneurs who then went on to build dozens of startups, followed by accelerator programs, and eventually venture funds. We’re uniquely suited to create value at the intersection of three worlds: corporate innovation, growth-stage startups, and venture capital. And we do almost all of it with *Other People’s Money.
Venture Builder is the primary source of program funding. We fund and operate the Accelerator program in exchange for equity in participating startups.
Our corporate startup accelerator programs are tailored to the clients’ business priorities. Client allocates a budget to purchase high-priority pilots and tests.
Startups deliver disruptive ideas & innovative pilots with Venture Builder’s help. Venture Builder also offers Venture Debt financing to startups.
HOW IT WORKS
“Few corporate executives understand how Venture Clienting unlocks the power of other people’s money. The program is largely funded by outside investors who wish to de-risk their portfolio.“
— Venture Builder VC
Corporate venture capital (CVC) often overlooks true growth-stage startups, primarily because by the time startups reach Seed rounds, A rounds, or beyond, they may have already gained significant traction and market validation. Investing at these stages might provide returns, but it can miss out on the most disruptive innovations. Growth-stage startups, often at the ideation or prototype phase, possess raw potential and radical ideas that have yet to be tested in the market. By the time startups raise Seed or A rounds, they may have already refined their business models, established initial customer bases, and solidified their market positions to some extent.
Thus, CVC at these later stages risks missing the opportunity to engage with startups at their inception, where experimentation is high, and the potential for truly disruptive innovation is greatest. To capture the full spectrum of innovation, corporate venture capital should actively seek out and invest in startups at the earliest stages, fostering partnerships and collaborations that can drive mutual growth and transformation.
“Many of the best startup ideas die of neglect before they ever appear on the radar of CVC and M&A professionals.”
— Billy Grandy, General Partner of Venture Builder
Corporate Venture Capital Often Misses Early-Stage Startups
In the rapidly evolving landscape of business and technology, no corporate innovation program can afford to overlook the significance of an early-stage startup strategy. Early-stage startups bring a unique blend of agility, creativity, and disruptive potential to the table. By engaging with startups at their nascent stages in a vendor-client relationship, corporations gain access to innovative ideas, emerging technologies, and fresh perspectives that can rejuvenate their own innovation efforts. That’s Venture Clienting!
Furthermore, partnering with growth-stage startups provides corporations with opportunities for strategic collaborations, investments, and acquisitions, allowing them to stay ahead of the curve and maintain their competitive edge in a dynamic marketplace. A well-crafted growth-stage startup strategy not only fuels corporate innovation but also fosters a culture of entrepreneurship, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the organization, driving long-term growth and success.
“Almost nobody understands how to identify targets that could transform a company, how much to pay for them, and how to integrate them.”
Source: Harvard Business Review
Here’s How Venture Clienting Complements Existing Programs
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