criteria & themes (traction rounds)
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Our views on the macro trends, high-level investment strategy (Thematic-Blended Thesis Driven) that we're aligning with in the Information Technology market.TRANSCRIPT
VENTURE51 PITCH DECK VIEWING
VENTURE51 INVESTMENT STRATEGY
“We are inventing the future, think about surfing on the front edge of a wave. It’s really exhilarating. Now think about dog-paddling at the tail
end of that wave. It wouldn’t be anywhere near as much fun. Come down here and make a dent in the universe.”
-Steve Jobs
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DISCLAIMER
This PitchDeck provides an overview of Venture51 Capital Partners Fund II (“Venture51 Fund II”) which is being sponsored by Venture51 Capital Fund, LLP (“Venture51”). Brandon Zeuner and Ryan Swagar are the managing partners of Venture51 Capital Fund, LLP. This document briefly describes the expected investment program of Venture51 Fund II. It also describes the expected principal terms of Venture51 Fund II and the offering of securities to investors.
All information contained herein is subject to revision, structuring and completion, and this document does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only by means of a formal Confidential Memorandum that will be prepared and furnished to prospective investors at a later date. In the event of any such offering, the information contained herein will be deemed superseded and amended in its entirety by such Confidential Memorandum. Any decision to invest should be made solely in reliance upon such Confidential Memorandum. The specialized investment program of Venture51 involves significant risks, which will be described in the Confidential Memorandum.
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MOBILE MAINSTREAMS
WEB MATURES
STRONG TECHECONOMY
• 2.267B people on the web today• growth from 2000 to 2012 projected at 527%• only 32.7 % penetrated
• 2B smartphone users by 2015• projected growth at 175% YoY
• early stage capital flowing• M&A activity holding steady• IPO liquidity emerging• platform maturity with facebook, google, apple, and amazon
• facebook to reach 1B users
2.276B PEOPLE ON THE WEB2B SMART DEVICES BY 2015
BILLION USER SINGLE PLATFORM
A NEAR-PERFECT STORM
IS FORMING
WHAT WE LEARNED
Investing in 37 companies and 3 funds validated 4 key beliefs to generating venture returns.
SERIES A BOTTLENECK
MEANINGFUL OWNERSHIP
TECHNICAL FOUNDERS
Sweet spot forming with a Series A crunch happening by an overabundance of seed
round financings in the past 3 years (largely due to Angels and Super Angels). Lack of firms to follow-on after the seed and before
the A presents a lucrative opportunity.
GEOGRAPHYMATTERS
Outsized returns are generated by having the right level of ownership and a meaningful level of follow-on participation. We’ve upgraded our
strategy from “access” to “ownership”.
Best performing companies have technical founders composed of
engineers, designers and growth hackers. All technical founders or early employees.
Geographies still play a critical factor in meaningful outcomes. The Bay Area, Souther California and New York still
remain core tech hubs.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
Based on our experience in Fund 1, we are upgrading our strategy for Fund 2 to focus on 3 key areas.
ACCESS TO OWNERSHIP
Outsized returns are generated by having the right level of ownership, and a meaningful level of
follow-on participation, in your portfolio companies.
8%>= 7%>
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SEED ROUND A ROUND B ROUND
UPGRADEupgraded our strategy from access (“get in the
good deals”) to ownership (“buy/keep enough of each company that any positive outcome is
meaningful to the fund
HYBRID APPROACH
A critical combination – neither operating experience or pattern matching alone is enough (e.g. “I’ve seen this
before, but I don’t know what to do”).
OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS
Qualitative Workbased on instincts,
insights and intuitions only gained from
operational backgrounds
Quantitative Workbased on data and
predictive analytic models which help to guide
investment decisions
TRACTION GAP FOCUS
Post seed round - pre series A round presents an interesting opportunity for funds to tap an
overheated seed marketplace.
SEED ROUND A ROUND
TRACTION GAP
$250K - $750K ROUNDS
prove business model
build value
shop Series A
scale growth model
MARKET DISPLACEMENT
Our portfolio crosses 8 themes and is generally stacked on 5 strategic models
COMMERCE, SUBSCRIPTION
MARKETPLACES, COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION
MODEL STACK
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
BIG DATA, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
PLATFORMS, MONETIZATION
DIGITAL HOUSEHOLD MOBILE ECOSYSTEM EDGE ENTERPRISE EDU-TECHHEALTH & SELF PROFESSIONAL PLUMBINGAccess to people, content and digital assets. Anytime. Anywhere.
Apps are cool, but they don’t change the world. Platforms that facilitate the mobile movement in terms of monetization, development and infrastructure do.
The edge of the SMB and departmental enterprise where software has a network effect in its proliferation in the business.
The old models of e-commerce are changing with the rise of group-buying, micro-payments and collaborative consumption.
The forces of software changing the healthcare and wellness industries. The focus of the quantified self will give rise to a new breed of personal metrics.
Legacy software are being eaten by newer and better alternatives in the Financial, Legal and Healthcare markets. Traditional systems and processes are being overtaken rapidly.
Computers are talking to each other more and more. There’s a software layers that brings these pipes to the surface and allows others to build on them.
NEW COMMERCEAn industry that is emerging to supplement or outright replace traditional education services from early childhood through adult learning.
MOBILE MONETIZATION
KEY INVESTMENT CRITERIA
Our thesis around our investment criteria falls into 6 major categories. We spend our time in the diligence phase proving and
disproving these assumptions.
MARKET POTENTIAL
Is the most important factor in a startup's success or failure. In a great market -- a market with lots of real potential customers -- a good market always pulls product out of potential breakout startups, not the other way around. Market is king.
TRACTION
Quantitative evidence of market demand. Demonstrated product/market fit.
REMARKABLE PRODUCT
An addictive user experience lies in the combination of human values including desirability and usability, business viability, and technology feasibility. Design innovation, aka the Unfair Design Advantage, lies in the sweet spot between the complimentary priorities.
TEAM
Ideally a composition of a backend engineer, front-end engineer and a growth engineer. This technical trio will either carry founder shares or have high first-employee ownership in the company.
GEOGRAPHY
Capital efficiency in the early stages is key to commercial success. When a company is scaling for growth, it's critical to reserve plenty of runway by keeping the burn low.
CAPITAL EFFICIENT
Primary focus is the Bay Area, New York, and Southern California.
ryan SWAGAR
co-founder of Venture51, co-founded Republic Project, co-founded Upward. #Canadian #Golfer #Skier #Surfer
brandon ZEUNER boz BUNDALO zach HAMILTON
MANAGING PARTNER MANAGING PARTNER TECHNICAL PARTNER ASSOCIATE
co-founder of Venture51,co-founded Republic Project, co-founded Upward. Interact (makers of ACT! & SalesLogix - sold to Sage in ’01), Flypaper (Acquired in ’11), #Golfer #Skier #Surfer
partner at Venture51, co-founded Upward. Founding team at Republic Project, unicorn engineer & designer #designexpert, #technical guru #wikedsmart
hustler at Venture51, co-founder of Homely, & MBerry. #Surfer #Skier
TEAM
Core operating team
extended team
DARRIN S. BROWNGUNDERSON DETTMER
ALAN BALDACHINHBALLP
MATT STOVERMG STOVER
TODD BARNHARTSILVERHAWK FINANCIAL
Fund Legal Council Fund Deal Council Compliance & Reporting CFO
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