Platform Venture Studio

We bring our studio team, fund, methodology, and network to bear to iterate and learn fast

There are no better teachers than those who have learned from experience Platform’s creators, Jeremy Burton and Tim Connors, have a combined experience of 50+ years in developing highly successful startups, as both founders and investors

We have strength in numbers You are not alone In addition to support from our studio team and other portfolio companies, we have a growing network of over 60,000 coaches, investors, subject-matter experts, and advisors

Building in spaces that matter

We don't chase fads, and we do no harm. Our mission is to build companies that change the world for the better. Each of our startups aligns with our vision and fits into at least one of our themes:

Connecting and mobilizing our citizens, communities, and leaders The way we earn a paycheck has changed and will continue to do so Addressing the climate crisis Everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities This business design tool will help you guesstimate whether your business model will be profitable and sustainable by analyzing your unit economics

What our founders say

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, MOGL "The leadership within PVS was ultimately what sold us on joining When you want to achieve something as extraordinary as driving a Ferrari, you don’t seek advice from someone who drives a Toyota We wanted to build a superb two-sided marketplace business model and, between Jeremy and Tim, there are 50+ years of doing this successfully

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, ETHICALLY "I decided to build Ethically with Platform Venture Studio because their alignment on Ethically’s sustainability mission and commitment to building high impact ventures was crystal clear from the outset " CEO & CO-FOUNDER, GIGEASY “Imagine having a co-founder skilled in Design, Engineering, Growth, Partnerships, and Fundraising That's what you get with Platform except it's not one person, It's a whole organization, working tirelessly to make sure that your company succeeds When I met Jeremy, I had a high-level idea of the pain point I wanted to solve We dug into it and leveraging Platforms expertise and network have turned it into a Venture-scaleable company ” CEO & CO-FOUNDER, JUKE "As a business-focused founder, I needed help with design, product, and engineering Platform’s team started making insightful product recommendations, helped push the UX to the next level, and was immediately able to start helping us build " Why do pivots fail? The death of distance Being a 0-to-1 Founder — Why It's Hard Platform is a growing community of founders, experts, and investors building startups together