Base Ventures

Base Ventures is an investment firm that began investing in 2013. It says its network of founders, celebrities and political contacts is what drives its work, and it puts relationships and access at the centre of how it operates.

What Base Ventures offers

• Early backing — it invests in founders before a product is fully built.
• Founder support — the team describes itself as resourceful, always available and honest when conversations are hard.
• Access to a network — introductions drawn from its founder, celebrity and political contacts.
• Bold bets — willingness to back unorthodox founders and ambitious ideas.

Who it works with

Founders across consumer and frontier sectors. Named examples include the hair-care platform Mayvenn, the space-tourism company Space Perspective, the prison-communication service Pigeonly and the financial-aid tool Mos.

Key facts

• Investing since: 2013
• Experience: more than 20 years cited
• Approach: long-term success over short-term gains