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A modern venture capital firm investing in the remarkable companies of today and tomorrow.
We focus on investments after the seed round, but prior to the Series A round. Extending runways and proving scaleability is our game.
Life360 helps keep your family safe, anywhere, anytime.
SpaceMonkey is changing how the world stores data.
Betable is the only platform that allows you to legally offer real-money gambling in your games.
Republic Project gives advertisers and publishers the flexibility to easily create and change campaigns in real-time
We rely heavily on quantitive proof of market demand. Our favorite companies are those who have traction but need a little more capital and time to prove scale. We refer to this area between the Seed investment and the Series A the "traction gap." This "traction gap" is our niche.
A large and well positioned market is a key factor in a startup's success or failure. A market with lots of real customers always pulls product out of a startup, not the other way around. Traction in a promising market is crucial.
An incredible user experience lies at the intersection of technology, business and design. The Unfair Design Advantage is the application of these principals to build a truly remarkable product.
An ideal team at the "traction" stage is composed (at minimum) of a trio of front-end, back-end and growth engineers, whom should carry founder shares or have high first-employee ownership in the company. Multi-Disciplined teams who have experience working together are highly sought after.
We focus on investments in the Bay Area, New York and Southern California. However growing markets like Boston and Boulder are also interesting.
Fuel efficiency (burn rate), trajectory (growth) and velocity (market capture) are some of the key characteristics we like to see in companies at this stage. A company that optimizes for these aspects is much more likely to succeed in the long run.
Startups and founders need time to exercise creative freedom at the seed stage. Enter age of the agile advisory board.
There are two types of investors: those that write checks and those that invest with time, energy and resources. Our experience with Venture 51 has been the latter.
"There are few venture firms that truly care more about their founders and their founders' success than their own profile. Venture51 is one such firm."
"Not only are they great investors, but they're also great people. They roll up their sleeves and get involved when you need them. If you can get their money, take it!"
"From fund raising strategy to business development connections -- Venture51 has been instrumental in making things happen for us."
Great guys, as entrepreneur friendly as investors come... If we were doing it all over again, we'd take Venture51's money with zero hesitation and I'm psyched that we have them involved with Zaarly.
They are the embodiment of an entrepreneur friendly firm and have consistently gone out of their way to provide value... I feel lucky to have them as a partner in our business and would wholeheartedly recommend them.
It may surprise you to learn that Silicon Valley isn’t the only startup hotbed in the U.S.