Strategic advisory, built for how
venture actually works.
Most venture advice relies on heuristics carried over from other asset classes. We replace those heuristics with empirical research on venture funds, and we apply that research to the specific decisions in front of an LP or a GP.
How we work
Research first, then the decision in front of you.
We start from data on how venture funds behave, and we build every recommendation from that foundation. The result is guidance you can defend to an investment committee, not a set of borrowed rules of thumb.
EVALUATE
Evaluate venture on its own terms
Venture returns follow a different distribution than other private assets. We study the asset class independently rather than importing frameworks that were built for buyout or credit.
RISK
Understand risk before diversifying
Diversification without an understanding of venture risk dilutes returns rather than protecting them. We define the risk first, then size the response to it.
STRCTURE
Treat structure as a driver of returns
Portfolio construction, check size, and reserve policy shape outcomes as much as selection does. We help you design the structure before the outcomes are set.
MANAGERS
Read emerging managers as opportunity
Emerging managers are a structural feature of venture returns, not an exception to manage around. We help LPs access that opportunity and help GPs present it credibly.
Who we serve
Two audiences, one body of research.
For institutional LPs
Allocation systems and program design
We help allocators design venture programs that hold up to committee scrutiny and reflect how the asset class actually generates returns.
Portfolio construction and pacing strategy
Emerging manager allocation frameworks
Manager evaluation grounded in research
Program review and structural diagnostics
For emerging GPs
Firm design and fundraising strategy
We work with fund managers on the decisions that shape a firm before and after the first close, from structure to the story institutional capital needs to hear.
Fund sizing and reserve policy
Firm and portfolio design
Institutional readiness strategy
The case an emerging manager makes to LPs
Many of these questions now have a platform answer.
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