Launch and Management of Venture Capital Program for Fortune 500 Venture Studio
The Challenge
Fortune 500 client was dissatisfied with the performance of existing venture accelerator program and had a need to improve the quality and quantity of early-stage investment opportunities. Agreed goal was to build and run from scratch a corporate venture investment program.
The Solution
Developed bespoke investment thesis and strategy
Built infrastructure and weekly sprint process for end-to-end deal flow management, including weekly deal flow meetings with the CEO
Sourced and screened thousands of investment opportunities
Closely worked with founders to conduct investment due diligence, including market sizing, financial modeling, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents
Led investment committee meetings, presenting investment opportunities directly to the CEO
Facilitated introductions to ecosystem partners (incubators, accelerators, VC funds)
The Results
>3,000
Investment opportunities sourced and screened in ~6 months
>0.2%
Deal selectivity for investment committee (vs. ~1% industry average)
Example Deliverables
Investment Strategy
Investment Playbook
Weekly Deal Flow Meetings
Investment Committee Meetings
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