Fast Monkeys

Fast Monkeys builds business-to-business software start-ups together with entrepreneurs. Its platform, called Monkeybase, is described as a home where selected start-ups are developed from first idea through to the eventual business exit.

What Fast Monkeys offers

• MVP development — starts a venture with a minimum viable product.
• Lean start-up methods — follows lean start-up thinking and agile development.
• Product-market fit support — helps founders focus their ideas and avoid contradictory visions.
• Shared tools and practices — applies the same SaaS tools, metrics and sales approaches across its ventures.
• Long-term partnership — stays involved with founders for years rather than weeks.

Who it works with

The company works with founders of B2B software start-ups that it carefully selects. It says it has taken more than a dozen such start-ups to market as entrepreneurs, co-founders and consultants, and uses that experience to help others avoid common pitfalls.

Key facts

• Platform: Monkeybase
• Time horizon: five to ten years with each venture
• Focus: business-to-business SaaS