Motivate Venture Capital

Motivate Venture Capital, also written as MVC, is a venture capital firm that invests in the earliest stages of a company's life. The partners are founders themselves and say they have spent their careers building and backing pre-seed and seed businesses. They offer experience, contacts and funding.

Services

• Seed-stage investment: funding for pre-seed and seed companies.
• New venture creation: helping founders co-create businesses from an idea.
• Emerging fund support: backing for new pre-seed and seed venture funds.
• Secondary purchases: buying shares from early startup investors so they can take money out.

Customers and markets

Founders with strong knowledge of their field who are tackling lasting problems in large and growing markets. The site lists portfolio companies including cloud ERP for small manufacturers, AI data extraction, a shop-floor manufacturing platform, software for social service agencies and a digital bank.

Key facts

• Stage: pre-seed and seed
• Approach: founder-led investing with hands-on involvement