Search fund model applied to venture labs

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by a searcher from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
in San Francisco, CA, USA

3yrs ago

Search fund model applied to venture labs

Has the search fund model been applied to venture labs:

The venture lab funds an entrepreneur for up to 24 month to get a new startup off the ground. The objective is to prove the new startup can become a viable business. The proof will be in the startup raising money from traditional VCs within the 24 months.

Any insights or pointers to existing examples will be greatly appreciated.

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reply by an admin 3yrs ago
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Portland, OR, USA

Many thanks ^redacted‌ :-)

reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from Texas A&M University in Hartford, CT, USA

Cirrus, there are incubators out there, though much less common than accelerators which invest in a very early stage company / idea. Some are not public. They tend to be more industry specific, don’t necessarily match a two year timeline, and of course would want to be a lead follow on investor for future fundraising rounds.