Over the past few months, you may have noticed a few fresh faces at Innovius Capital. Our team has grown, and we are excited to officially welcome Marci Medford, Koby Tseng, and Michael Cao as the newest investors on our team! The three of them bring a wealth of prior experiences in entrepreneurship and investing and have diverse personal interests and passions for different areas of technology. Founders, expect to hear from them soon! With the newest additions, Innovius now has a local presence in both #SanFrancisco and #NewYorkCity, so you can expect to see more of us at in-person events on both coasts. Please join us in welcoming Marci, Koby, and Michael; we are excited to have you on the team to build a new type of founder-aligned venture firm together. CC: Justin Moore Xiaolei Cong Stu Posluns Ethan Smith Mitchell Black
Innovius Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, California 568 followers
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Innovius Capital is a growth-oriented venture capital firm based in San Francisco.
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Awesome time last month to unwind with the team at Carmel Valley Ranch and strategize how we can better serve our companies and invest in this new environment. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of general negativity and frustration with this tough period, but I see it as a prime opportunity to do something different and rethink how “venture capital” can support tech startups 💪🚀
Innovius Capital gathered in Carmel Valley last month for our Annual Offsite. The focus this year was all about how to #VentureDifferently. The venture capital and startup industry have drastically changed over the past year. Like the advice we give to our start-ups, we used the time together to reflect on how we can be nimble and thrive in this new environment and maximize the impact we make on the companies we support. Of course, it was not all work – the team took full advantage of the beautiful surroundings and had plenty of fun in the sun. Snippets from the week: 🧠 Engaging brainstorming sessions to find new ways to make a bigger impact on the founders we support 📊 Data deep-dive sessions to analyze the changes that have taken place in our industry and strategize how we can capture the opportunities ahead ⛰ Daily morning hikes to explore the beautiful hills in the area over our shared love for the outdoors 🎯 A friendly archery competition to truly hone in on our focus We left the offsite feeling extremely energized for the exciting opportunity ahead to build a new type of venture capital firm focused on a unique stage of early company scaling. Stay tuned over the next few months as we unveil many of the exciting initiatives we have been working on coming out of this offsite! Team: Justin Moore Xiaolei Cong Stu Posluns Ethan Smith Marci Medford Koby Tseng Michael Cao Hunter van Adelsberg Nicholas Strautman Claire Ewers #Innovius #VentureDifferently #VentureCapital #SeriesB #Entrepreneurship #TeamOffsite
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Innovius Capital gathered in Carmel Valley last month for our Annual Offsite. The focus this year was all about how to #VentureDifferently. The venture capital and startup industry have drastically changed over the past year. Like the advice we give to our start-ups, we used the time together to reflect on how we can be nimble and thrive in this new environment and maximize the impact we make on the companies we support. Of course, it was not all work – the team took full advantage of the beautiful surroundings and had plenty of fun in the sun. Snippets from the week: 🧠 Engaging brainstorming sessions to find new ways to make a bigger impact on the founders we support 📊 Data deep-dive sessions to analyze the changes that have taken place in our industry and strategize how we can capture the opportunities ahead ⛰ Daily morning hikes to explore the beautiful hills in the area over our shared love for the outdoors 🎯 A friendly archery competition to truly hone in on our focus We left the offsite feeling extremely energized for the exciting opportunity ahead to build a new type of venture capital firm focused on a unique stage of early company scaling. Stay tuned over the next few months as we unveil many of the exciting initiatives we have been working on coming out of this offsite! Team: Justin Moore Xiaolei Cong Stu Posluns Ethan Smith Marci Medford Koby Tseng Michael Cao Hunter van Adelsberg Nicholas Strautman Claire Ewers #Innovius #VentureDifferently #VentureCapital #SeriesB #Entrepreneurship #TeamOffsite
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It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the summer, and what an energetic and productive one it has already been for Innovius Capital! We are thrilled to welcome three outstanding summer interns to our San Francisco office: Claire Ewers (Georgetown University), Nicholas Strautman (University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business), and Hunter van Adelsberg (Harvard Business School). These talented individuals bring a diverse array of technical and liberal arts backgrounds and have quickly become invaluable members of our team. It’s truly incredible what they’ve accomplished in just six weeks, reinforcing the importance of aligned teams of talented individuals dedicating their full energy each day to the same goal. Claire, Nicholas, and Hunter have been instrumental in sourcing new opportunities, supporting our founders and portfolio companies, and advancing key strategic initiatives for the firm. We are incredibly fortunate to benefit from their fresh perspectives and have been thoroughly impressed by the significant impact they’ve made in such a short time. We are excited to have them with us for the rest of the summer and look forward to their continued contributions! Let's go 💪 #innovius #internship #venturecapital #entrepreneurship CC: Justin Moore, Stu Posluns, Xiaolei Cong, Ethan Smith, Marci Medford, Koby Tseng, Michael Cao
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How do we think about down rounds vs. structured rounds at Innovius? Check out the recent blog from our CEO, Justin Moore on this topic.
In the final months of '23 I got asked a lot about my views on down rounds vs. structured rounds, so thought I would write down some thoughts from all of us at Innovius Capital. In 2024, many startups that raised in the irrationally exuberant times of 2021/22 are going to face a tough crossroads: raise a structured round or a down round. If handled properly, this will not hurt your business - it will be a fresh start and allow you to focus on building. The wrong decision, on the other hand, has the potential to be extremely damaging. Recent media headlines sensationalize the surge in down rounds which hit a ten-year high of 17% in Q3 '23, but a historical perspective reveals that number is not as shocking as it seems. Over a 25-year period, down rounds have typically hovered around 10-15%, with spikes post-Dotcom and GFC that hit as high as 61%! If history is a predictor of the future, that would suggest that there's more valuation pain to come. In response to the overvalued rounds of 2021/22, and an attempt to preserve headline valuations and seduce founders, we have seen a sharp rise in structured rounds in the last couple of quarters, but are they the right move? At Innovius, we don't think so. They may preserve valuations but often lead to misaligned incentives and we believe they can hurt founders and employees in the long-term. In tough times, our advice: Take the pain once, then refocus on building. Big successes come from powering through the speed-bumps with great teams and aligned goals and incentives. No one will remember your point-in-time valuation in the end. Full thoughts below. Would love to hear other's reactions and perspectives.
The CEO Conundrum: Structured Rounds vs. Down Rounds.
Justin Moore on LinkedIn