Founded by principals with decades of investing and operating experience, Navigate Ventures is a venture fund focused on early/mid growth stage capital for emerging B2B Enterprise SaaS & Internet companies between their Series A and Growth rounds, outside of Silicon Valley. 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.
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.
A Unique Thesis & Market Phenomenon
Most Startups Never Make It Past Series A
- Each Year, Hundreds of New, Promising Startups Look for Growth Capital
- Less than 25% Make it to the Growth Round
- Lack of Product Market Fit and Team Issues are Common
- Lack of Access to Growth Capital is the Most Common Issue
- 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.