How to Build a Venture Studio: The Checklist

Introducing the Venture Studio Checklist, a comprehensive guide to design, build & launch your own venture studio. (#53)

Midjourney prompt: A venture studio

There’s no question about the emergence of venture studios. While there’s lots of noise (good & bad), this new(ish) asset class is here to stay. Defining it as an asset class is important, because it helps differentiate from other models (such as VC). Although most studios will rely on venture capital for follow-on, studios should differentiate as an asset class to draw more attention, LPs (limited partners)/investors and talent.

This means being more prescriptive about how venture studios work. The market hype around studios creates confusion. I don’t believe in building a cookie-cutter venture studio model and snubbing everything else. In fact, the level of innovation happening within the venture studio model should excite people including VCs, LPs & institutional investors, angels, big companies, founders and everyone else participating in the startup ecosystem. We need innovation in terms of how startups are built and funded—venture studios provid…