Our Philosophy at Venture Guides

Our philosophy is that great companies are built, not born; and the Venture Guides team is deeply committed to both investing and guiding each of our portfolio companies to a successful outcome. We are an extension of your team, when you need it, and we provide partnership to founders every step of the way.

Why Venture Guides?

Our approach to investing and guiding is team-based, leveraging collaboration, consultation and transparency to make informed and deliberate decisions.

Team-based Investing

The Venture Guides-backed tech sales training program for recent graduates accelerates our portfolio companies’ recruiting and training process with ready-to-hire sales candidates.

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By maintaining a small, concentrated portfolio of 15-20 companies, we spend our time actively guiding and supporting our founding teams across all areas of the business.

Team-based Guiding

As co-investors in the fund (investing 10% vs. industry standard of 1%), the Venture Guides team is personally committed to ensuring the success of the portfolio.

High GP Commit

Decades of focused sector experience in security, cloud and data gives Venture Guides deep understanding of strategic market opportunities and trends.

Industry Sector Focus

Proprietary assessments and quarterly progressing committees ensure we actively support our companies and consistently track against goals and milestones.