Startive Ventures

Startive Ventures is a boutique investment company that puts capital into technology and internet startups. It looks at opportunities around the world as well as close to home, and its team has experience building consumer-facing internet brands.

What Startive Ventures offers

• Seed investment — funds early-stage companies.
• Growth investment — also backs later-stage businesses.
• Minority stakes — usually takes a minority position on simple terms, leaving founders with enough equity to stay motivated.
• Hands-on help — offers more than money, drawing on its experience with global internet brands, while keeping investor overhead low.

Who it works with

Founders of technology and internet businesses. The firm generally looks for companies that already have a working prototype, minimal viable product, beta or live product, a large addressable market and several routes to revenue. It says it turns down far more ideas than it accepts.

Key facts

• Investment style: minority positions, seed and growth stage
• Portfolio: not all companies are disclosed publicly, for confidentiality or strategy