
DIVERSITY OF LEADERSHIP
We look for management teams comprising two or three founders, and you should have at least one technical founder who can clearly demonstrate the clear path to how to grow the business.
ABOUT US
The story of Consilience Ventures begins with acknowledging one of the biggest challenges facing the venture capital industry. While working at Microsoft Ventures, Kevin Monserrat began noticing how time-consuming (and frustrating) it was for start-up founders to raise capital – on average almost two-thirds of founder’s time was being taken up trying to obtain funding for their business. At the same time, these founders were handing over equity in their business in exchange for much-needed services and professional expertise.
We’ve created a market network that brings together a business community of equals, with the aim of giving outstanding entrepreneurs and start-ups the professional resources and expertise they need to accelerate their growth.
Kevin was surprised at how many business professionals accepted “sweat equity” in exchange for their services, which made him question whether start-ups truly needed capital, or – more likely – access to talent and business know-how. At the same time, business professionals Kevin spoke to were unanimous in their view that the sweat equity model really didn’t work for them either, as it has offered them no liquidity while they shouldered all the risk.
The solution: a start-up market network that values talent over capital.
Together with Pierre Martin, Kevin realised that if they could align stakeholder interests, they could eliminate the obsession with fundraising that puts excessive pressure on start-ups and their founders, and instead giving them access to the vital skills, talent and business tools that would help accelerate their growth.
Realising their vision would require exceptional skills and expertise, they teamed up with Doctor Radouane Oudrhiri. “Dr Rad” was developing his own start-up micro-financing model called ‘Sprint Financing’, but still lacked the financial and legal expertise to create the operational and regulatory framework to make this a reality. Fortunately, they happened to meet Martin and Paul, who both immediately grasped the concept and its potential. Consilience Ventures is the result.
We look for management teams comprising two or three founders, and you should have at least one technical founder who can clearly demonstrate the clear path to how to grow the business.
We choose management teams that show they care about their customers and be genuinely interested in making their lives easier.
You should be able to articulate the business opportunity, and give an assessment of the market you’re pursuing. We’ll expect you to explain – with passion and precision – the motives of your customers and how your product or service removes barriers or solves their problems
We usually want to see a working prototype, or where management can show us intellectual property and at least one proof of concept.
OUR SECTOR FOCUS
Consilience Ventures Fintech Committee spearheads our Fintech investment strategy and has oversight and responsibility for the entire Fintech ecosystem.
OUR SECTOR FOCUS
Consilience Ventures Medtech Committee spearheads our Fintech investment strategy and has oversight and responsibility for the entire Fintech ecosystem.
We’re a community.
We look out for each other and believe in working towards a common goal to achieve collective success.
We have a relentless drive to learn, question and engage, because we want to make a valuable contribution to our ecosystem.
We’re not afraid to take intelligent risks and will gladly step out of our comfort zone to find innovative solutions to difficult challenges.
We are inherently flexible in our approach.
We move quickly to identify issues and adapt to suit the needs of portfolio companies and our ecosystem.
We have a ‘test and learn’ mindset, we’re
comfortable with change and we never lose our focus.
We deliver on our promises and take full accountability for our actions, both professionally and personally.
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