NVSA
A Sweat Equity Firm
"Building not Betting"
There is nothing transactional about what we provide. We are a team of experienced founders, operators, and investors who are committed to helping technology companies scale. Rather than betting on companies with nothing but capital, we partner with founders who we believe in to join them in their growth and provide whatever is needed for them to build a strong, competitive business that can achieve scale. Unlike alternative models, we aim to accelerate growth and funding from day one and get our hands dirty to produce real results.
Fundraising Preparation & Support
The fundraising landscape is becoming increasingly competitive. As a result, the threshold for a company's strategic planning and presentation has increased in recent years.
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Our team of experienced founders and investors plug in to prepare your company for funding. This includes fundraising collateral preparation and financial modeling. We take a business-level approach to constructing a strategy and narrative that is conducive to effective pitches, successful capital raises, as well as constructive long-term, working relationships with venture investors.
We have a deep network of value-aligned investors. We put this network to use to build relationships between founders and investment partners—finding the right match for your stage, market, and goals.
How We Work
Strategic Advisement
Our team has founded and grown companies from inception through acquisitions and IPO. Unlike an accelerator, we understand that the work doesn't end when you've secured investment capital—and neither should our partnership. Rather, the changes within a business accelerate once investment capital is deployed. We put our experience to work to guide you in this high-growth stage.
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Our typical focus areas for strategic advisement include investment capital allocation, Revenue / Sales Strategy, Scaling technology stack, marketing / PR, financial best practices, headcount growth, and competitive positioning based on market insights.
We're leveraging personal experience as founders and operators. Much of our advisement pertains to the nuances of navigating the entrepreneurial journey.
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NVSA Recruiting
We believe that businesses are only as good as the people building them. Building a strong team is the most important thing a founder will do.
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This is why we've launched NVSA Recruiting, a turnkey team-building solution built for high-growth, startups.​ We offer a fully functioning talent acquisition team. This team has scaled companies from the founding team through IPO numerous times.
Startups often struggle to compete for the best talent. We work closely with the key stakeholders to craft and deploy a compelling and unified message that will attract the strongest candidates. We work proactively to source candidates rather than wait for them to show up on your website.​
Why Work With Us
As Founders/Operators we have 10 Exits including 7 IPO's, are currently on 9 public / private boards & have generated 10's of Billions of dollars of Revenue.
Character-Driven Approach. Our team has spent decades working in Tech and Venture Capital and are all local to the Bay Area. We lead with honesty, empathy and take pride in the results we produce.
We are long-term partners not brokers or consultants.
As advisors, we're incentivized to bring our networks to bear. We have deep networks that can help you connect with investors, corporate leaders, customers, key hires, and trusted service providers.
Friendly terms tied to outcomes and quantifiable value-added.
We bring deep, nuanced, and real-time insights into the funding landscape, as well as the technology and business strategies being employed in high-growth markets.
We'd Love to Hear From You
Founders
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Tell us what you're building! Please let us know the stage and sector of your business as well as the areas of your business you'd like to improve or accelerate.
Investors
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If you'd like to meet our portfolio companies or have companies in your network who would benefit from advisement please reach out.
