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Venture studios are on the rise 🚀 and they're redefining the startup landscape, ushering in a new era of creativity and innovation. It's time to think differently about how we build and fund startups, making room for more innovative approaches. Venture studios are leading the charge, breaking away from the mundane, ensuring the field stays vibrant and alive. 👉 Innovation and creativity should be at the heart of venture studios, far removed from any one-size-fits-all mentality. Designing, building, and launching a venture studio? Prep yourself; it’s a thrilling yet complex journey with countless moving parts. What excites me? The growing ecosystem around venture studios 🌐. Thanks to voices like Max Pog, Alper Celen, Jake Hurwitz, Dianna Lesage, and others, we’re seeing a surge in quality content, events, and collaborative groups. It's creating a culture of transparency, learning, and, ultimately, progress. If you want to join the ride and build your startup, join us: laikaventures.co/eir

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

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

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

It's been a whirlwind of learning since we started digging into the Venture Studio model. First when we started our previous company, Roam, it was "do some consulting so we can launch games & products" and in fact we did launch a couple of products and even released a couple of games. But it was always a constant tension between the siren call of instant revenue with consulting vs the long term return of equity. We sometimes joke that Ryft is the outcome of 10+ years of bootstrapping to get to a place where we can focus as a pure-play Venture Studio. Learn more below.

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

#startups | #venturestudios : Venture studios are an emerging investment asset class that offers venture-like returns for non-venture-like risks. Recent data indicates that Venture Studios are showing a 60% internal rate of return (IRR) based on insights from Vault Fund. How Venture Studios Work Venture studios are companies that internally develop and launch multiple new startups, and then recruit founders to lead and scale those startups. Unlike #incubators and accelerators that provide resources to help existing startups grow, venture studios first synthesize their own business ideas, validate them, and then build the companies around those ideas. They provide the startups they create with a full suite of resources and expertise, including funding, office space, marketing, sales, HR, and more. The venture studio team supports the day-to-day operations of the new companies, enabling the founders to focus on securing customers and fundraising. Venture studios take an equity stake in the startups they build in exchange for providing this comprehensive support. EmpowerEdge Ventures

Did you know that a venture studio can lead to a billion-dollar valuation? Venture studios are a relatively new type of investor in the startup world, and it's remarkable how quickly they've become integral to the ecosystem. There are hundreds of companies that were born within venture studios, and some have become well-known giants worth billions of dollars. Take a look at a few examples: 📌Twilio, a leader in cloud communications valued at $10.69 billion. 📌Snowflake, co-founded by Sutter Hill Ventures' Mike Speiser in 2012, went public in 2020 as the largest software IPO ever, valued at $60 billion on its first trading day. Speiser was its first CEO. 📌Aircall, a developer of a cloud-based phone system for call centers valued at $1 billion, boasting 70% year-over-year revenue growth. 📌Moderna, perhaps the most famous venture studio graduate, is a biotech giant that played a pivotal role in developing a COVID-19 vaccine and now has a market capitalization of $39.61 billion.

The startup ecosystem has many pieces. If I could travel back in time 20 years, as a young tech entrepreneur, I wish I would have had this piece to help me learn then what I know now. The “how to” in building and launching a tech startup.

Ever wondered how Venture Studios go beyond building startups to becoming successful funds? 😏 Our blog explores the fascinating journey of Studios transitioning into funds, revealing the strategic advantages of a combined Studio + Fund model. From navigating talent challenges to accessing more funding, we break down the four reasons why this hybrid model is reshaping the startup landscape. The future of entrepreneurship is evolving, and we're at the forefront. 🏄 📍 Read our blog here: https://lnkd.in/gZHJaJaP