Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm staffed by former founders and operators. It says it was built to be the kind of investor its partners wanted when they ran companies themselves: light on demands but active in helping. Its team has experience building and scaling technology businesses.

What Craft Ventures offers

• Venture investment — funding for software and marketplace companies from seed stage upward.
• Operating playbooks — shares methods the partners have used to grow their own businesses.
• Senior talent access — gives founders contact with experienced people before they could hire them.
• Hands-on help — founders quoted on the site mention support with sales, marketing, hiring, planning, forecasting and messaging.

Who it works with

Founders of SaaS and marketplace businesses. The site also carries founder stories, a portfolio list and publications, and recent news covers a cybersecurity investment.

Key facts

• Team background: Every member is a former operator or founder
• Focus: SaaS and marketplaces