About Us

Our Story

Founded by principals with decades of tech investing and operating experience, Navigate Ventures is focused on early/mid growth stage capital for emerging B2B Enterprise SaaS companies outside Silicon Valley, between their Series A and Growth rounds. With offices in Los Angeles and London, Navigate looks to invest in companies with great teams, strong traction, and demonstrated product market fit, where the early venture risk is mitigated. The team is focused on helping entrepreneurs prepare for rapid growth, scaling, expansion, and getting to a growth round, offering an accelerated path to DPI and liquidity.

We are sector & stage focused, value-add, founder-friendly investors. We bring significant experience, deep domain expertise, and a broad base of resources and contacts to each investment to help them get to the next level and subscribe to practice of incorporating ESG factors when evaluating investment opportunities.

Our Strategy

A Unique Thesis Offering An Accelerated Path to DPI & Liquidity
Most Startups Never Make It Past Series A
  • Size and expectations for Growth Rounds have risen dramatically
  • Growth Round is the hardest to raise as the goal post has moved
  • It takes longer to achieve the required metrics to raise a Growth Round
  • Many CEOs lack the experience, time, resources or relationships to successfully raise a Growth Round
The end result is many companies with Good Teams, Product Market Fit, and Strong Unit Economics find they need more Time & Capital to be able to raise a Growth Round.
TOP REASONS WHY STARTUPS FAIL
Ran Out of Cash/Failed to Raise New Capital
38%
No Product Market Fit
35%
Out Competed
20%
Flawed Business Model
19%
Typical Investment
  • Early Venture Risks Have Been Mitigated
  • Stage
  • Sector
  • Required Size of the Round
  • Quality Existing Investors
  • Appropriate Pre-Money Valuation
  • Proven Product Market Fit
  • Deal Terms
  • Strong Unit Economics
  • Potential Size of the Next Round
  • Poised for High Growth over the Next 24 Months
  • Visible Path to the Next Round
Experience, Expertise, and Disciplined Investment Management Process
A Comprehensive Platform
NV Partners Bring Over a 130 Years of Industry Experience and Domain Expertise, and Have Returned Over $1b in Shareholder Value
EXPERIENCED
TEAM
Institutional Investing Expertise
Decades of Operating &Transaction Experience
Strong & Broad Industry Relationships & Credibility
DISCIPLINE INVESTMENT
PROCESS
Deal
Origination
Investment
Selection
Portfolio
Management