Our VC firm, focused on investing and providing hands-on startup operator support to very early-stage ventures, will have two main "customers": Startup founders and next-round investors. This manifesto outlines our intentions to provide value to both of these groups.
- We will be getting our hands dirty alongside the startup founders. This may include:
- technical advice, such as technical architecture, sourcing compute power, acting as beta testers, etc.
- client-facing interactions, such as assisting with marketing, sales pitches, collecting product feedback, etc.
- being a recruiter
- assisting with business and financial modeling
- sourcing legal support
- making investor introductions and helping to refine the investment pitch
- We will endeavour to help startup founders focus on building; technical building, but also building a user base and business development.
- Progress will be measured by:
- cycling through build-test-learn cycles
- refining what product-market fit looks like and working towards it
- getting more active users and getting paying customers
- building relationships with potential next-round investors
- We will be investing funds into the business in return for a fair amount of equity.
- We will facilitate your deal flow by introducing you to vetted, higher-quality startups that are ready for a seed investment rounnd because they will have:
- a more mature product
- more evidence of traction, more data points
- a team with more experience under their belt
- a lower risk profile (past an inflection point in profitability, more users, a first B2B or enterprise client, etc.)