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WHAT IS A VENTURE STUDIO PLATFORM ROLE? The addition of a Platform team within Venture Capital firms is increasing faster than the rate of new firms. 2023 was a challenging year for VC’s, but saw an increase in Platform teams - people with specific skills to help drive greater returns. In Venture Studios, the platform role has more significance, and at Nobody Studios we are redefining the startup creation process. BROAD ‘PLATFORM' DEFINITION: Elevate portfolio companies, specifically to accelerate growth and success, including networking, mentorship, strategic guidance, marketing, and partners. A Venture Studio Platform team is involved from the startup concept, right through to exit. What does this look like? #venturestudio #platform #startup

🚀 Venture Studios: The Agile Innovators of the Startup World 📏 Building on Matt's insights, want to highlight a key advantage of venture studios: their unparalleled flexibility in resource allocation. Venture studios are uniquely positioned to: 👷♂️ Reallocate Talent: move skilled professionals between projects as needed, maximizing impact and learning. 💵 Redeploy Capital: quickly shift funds to the most promising opportunities within the portfolio. 🧠 Cross-Pollinate Ideas: foster innovation by applying insights from one venture to another. This flexibility allows venture studios to adapt swiftly to market changes and capitalize on emerging opportunities. It's a stark contrast to the accelerator model, which typically offers: 1️⃣ Fixed-term programs 2️⃣ Standardized resources to a diverse group of founders 3️⃣ Limited ongoing involvement post-program While accelerators cast a wide net, venture studios take a more hands-on, adaptive approach. This agility in managing talent, capital, and ideas enables venture studios to pursue the most promising opportunities with focused intensity. It's not about quantity, but about quality and strategic alignment. #VentureStudio #StartupInnovation #EntrepreneurialEcosystem #FlexibleInnovation

The Secret Weapon of Venture Studios Venture studios are revolutionizing the early-stage venture landscape. It's not just about ideas anymore—it's about the founders themselves. We dive into how studios are using innovative assessment tools like business games, to evaluate entrepreneurial skills and competencies. This approach is professionalizing the 'foundership' stage in a way we've never seen before in accelerators, incubators, or corporate venture departments. The result? Studios are providing 'smarter money' than traditional friends and family funding, thanks to their rigorous ideation and venture-building processes at an extremely early stage. Watch the full video to learn how venture studios are reshaping the startup ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/gUkuZx2G Are you ready for this new era of founder assessment? #StartupStudio #FounderSelection #VentureBuilding

Join us for a dynamic, 30-minute session featuring Barry O'Reilly, cofounder of Nobody Studios—ranked among the top 10 global venture studios with an ambitious goal to launch 100 companies in the next 5 years—and Denis Kovalevich, a trailblazer in DeepTech venture studios since 2012, investor, and strategic advisor to studios and their investors. Why attend? - Discover cutting-edge investment models reshaping the startup landscape - Uncover high-potential opportunities within the booming venture studio ecosystem - Gain insider insights from leaders at the forefront of innovation 🎯 Tailored for forward-thinking investors: - Angel groups - Syndicates - Family offices - Venture capital firms 🗓️ Mark your calendars: September 18, 2024, at 7:30 AM PST Don't let this game-changing opportunity pass you by. Be part of the conversation that's defining the future of startup creation and investment. 👉Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gKHNp6-v #VentureStudioInvesting #StartupInnovation #InvestorInsights #NobodyStudios

When we launched our venture studio in 2017, our goal was to build something truly different. After years in the agency world, we were eager to create companies from the ground up, driven by ideas often overlooked by the traditional startup ecosystem. Six years and 13 companies later, here’s a hard truth we learned in this journey: Nobody gives a sh*t about venture studios. It’s not that venture studios don’t create amazing companies. The problem is that venture studios sit in a strange middle ground: not traditional startups, not venture capital firms. And when you don’t fit into the standard mold, it’s harder for people to see the value. To many outsiders, venture studios feel like “inside baseball”—too abstract or complicated for those who aren’t deeply embedded in the ecosystem. This makes it difficult to tell a clear story, especially in a media landscape that loves the idea of charismatic founders leading companies. On the other side, Investors especially want focus. They want to back one strong idea with a clear path to victory and a dedicated team behind it. By nature, venture studios spread resources across multiple projects, and that ambiguity doesn’t inspire confidence. Investors want to clearly know: What’s the big idea? Who’s working on it full-time? Where’s my money going? Despite these challenges, building a venture studio for six years opened our eyes to the struggles others early-stage ventures face in scaling, even with immense potential. We discovered our higher calling: going beyond creating companies to becoming a support system for businesses fighting day in and day out to reach their next milestone. This is why CO/STUDIOS exists today. #startuplife #venturestudios #entrepeurship #ventureplatform

Here's the truth about what sets venture studios apart from tradition venture capital firms. ⬇ While both venture studios and VC play a crucial role in the startup ecosystem, venture studios offer a more hands-on, integrated approach to building startups. The ability to pause companies when needed, or even merge them, provides the flexibility needed to pivot quickly and efficiently to the realities of the market conditions. More on Nobody Studios take on this below in the latest episode of The Making of a Nobody. Would love to hear your take below. #venturecapital #venturestudio #founders

Venture Studio vs Pre-Seed VCs Venture Studios and Pre-Seed VCs have different approaches. While Pre-Seed VCs invest in existing businesses with potential in a very early stage, Venture Studios creates new startups from scratch, providing operational support along with financial resources. Venture Studios are much more involved in the startups they back, employing a hands-on approach. On the other hand, Pre-Seed VCs usually take a more passive role, focusing primarily on providing financial resources, network, and mentorship. While both Pre-Seed VCs and Venture Studios offer viable options for startups seeking funding, Ultimately, the choice between these two models will depend on the specific needs, goals, and circumstances of the startup. #venturestudio #venturecapital

I BET I COULD GET YOUR ATTENTION IF I WAS TO TALK ABOUT OUTSIZED INVESTMENT RETURN. Investors will of course want better ROI compared to peers, so it makes sense that Venture Studios are gaining attention as a trusted source of validated startups that offer investors higher confidence. The Nobody Studios model brings together experienced operators to establish true product-market fit. By vetting ideas rigorously and walking away from unpromising ventures early, venture studios maximize potential and deliver superior returns for investors. #venturestudio

Venture Studios is a Game Changer in Startup Success Rates In the rapidly evolving landscape of venture capital, venture studios are emerging as pivotal players, significantly enhancing the success rates of startups. This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest Sweat and Alexa Binns delve into the compelling world of venture studios with Sarah Adams Anderson, Founding Partner of Vault Fund. Why are companies launched by venture studios seeing higher success rates? Sarah sheds light on the unique model of venture studios, where a blend of innovation, strategic support, and operational expertise converge to create a nurturing environment for startups. Unlike traditional venture models, venture studios actively participate in the company from ideation to execution, providing a robust foundation for growth and success. Key insights from our discussion include: > The strategic advantages of venture studios in scaling innovation. > How venture studios are redefining the startup ecosystem with their hands-on approach. > The criteria Vault Fund uses to select high-potential venture studios for investment. Join us as we explore the success behind venture studio-launched companies and uncover the potential of this model to reshape the future of venture capital. #VentureCapital #StartupSuccess #VentureStudios #Innovation #SwimmingWithAllocators

🦄 Venture Studios don’t need to build unicorns to return their funds. Instead, they focus on building companies that bring substantial returns, scalable growth and higher success rate than traditional unicorn companies – the dragons. What makes them so successful in scaling early-stage startups? ⏩ Speed: Venture Studios aim to get an idea from zero to scale as quickly and successfully as possible 🔁 Repeatable methodology: Venture Studios act as co-founders and get involved in day-to-day operations 📈 Entire portfolio success: Out of 10 portfolio startups, 8-9 become dragons and the rest don’t fail - they pivot. At Venturerock, we pioneer a proprietary, AI-powered venture building operating system designed to navigate ideas into dragon companies. Our Studio-built startups unlock access to resources, playbooks and tools based on evidence and audited data to ensure sustainable growth across their stages of development. At Venturerock we leverage a Studio-based model to build the next gen of dragon companies. Do you want to join us? 🚀 #VentureStudios #StartupStudio #SeriesA #StartupEcosystem #VentureBuilding #Venturerock #PortfolioPerformance #StartupSupport