Raising our third fund has resulted in an incredible amount of LP conversations. Telling the evolution of our firm to so many new people made us realize that the world has changed quite a bit since we wrote our initial thesis outline in 2018. Despite being right in the middle of a fundraise process, we decided it would make sense for our team to revisit our Fund’s thesis to determine if it was…
ValueStream Ventures helps teams leverage valuable data assets to create industry-advancing products and services
We approach each investment with a distinct strategy, leveraging tools, data, processes, relationships, and experience our team has built around the concept of valuable data assets. While we are flexible in our approach, we do have guiding principles about what we look for and how we support our companies. The following posts provide some additional insight into these principles and hopefully give a sense of what it is like to partner with us as an investor or founder.
According to DOMO in 2018, “Over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every single day. By 2020, it’s estimated that 1.7MB of data will be created every second for every person on earth.” It’s no wonder, then, that the Economist recently proclaimed that “the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” The reality, however, is that not all data has value; not all data is an…
At VSV, we view Seed not as a stage but as a phase in a company’s lifecycle. This is when a company is still learning about its customers, discovering product-market fit, and building go-to-market strategies. Typically, the total capital raised during this phase is modest, usually less than $10M. The company remains agile, allowing for pivots without significant strain. We believe the Seed phase…
At ValueStream Ventures (VSV), we are often asked how we approach value creation within our portfolio companies. We broadly categorize our efforts into three key areas: growth, operational improvements, and product evolution. Growth and Operational Improvements The first two categories, growth and operational improvements, are exactly what they sound like. We work closely with management to drive…