Insights topic
Build Stories
What actually happened inside the ventures we have built - the decisions, the sequence and the outcomes.
First-hand accounts of ventures GCV Labs has created, co-founded and scaled.
What this topic covers
Venture Building
We don't just invest in companies. We help build them.
Venture builders create companies, not just back them. Here is how the GCV Labs model works and what it changes about early-stage company creation.
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Inside a GCV Labs build: how a company actually gets created
What the seven stages look like in practice, told through Intelligence Fusion, n-gage.io, Business Finance Market, Valius Global and Quva.
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From build to exit: what a venture builder contributes that capital alone cannot
Capital is necessary but it does not assemble a company. Intelligence Fusion shows what a venture builder contributes from idea through to acquisition.
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Why we built Quva: a venture builder creating its own technology
Quva started as the platform behind GCV Invest, then became its own brand and licensing model. Here is why a venture builder built its own technology.
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Each company below has a full case study: what the opportunity was, what GCV Labs contributed at each stage, and where the business is now.
Co-founded
Intelligence Fusion
Idea and validation, founding team, brand and product, technology build, go-to-market and successive funding rounds through to exit.
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n-gage.io
Proposition and validation, brand and product design, platform development, and commercial support through launch and growth.
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Business Finance Market
Opportunity identification, business model design, brand and product for both Finance Nation and Xova, and the technology build behind the platform.
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Valius Global
Market opportunity work, proposition and brand, marketplace product and technology, and go-to-market through launch.
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Quva
Created inside GCV Labs: product strategy, platform architecture, brand and the technology build, then established as its own brand and licensing model.
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Coming next on this topic
- Intelligence Fusion: from idea to exit
- n-gage.io: building a platform for a fragmented market
- Business Finance Market: rethinking access to finance
- Valius Global: building in a technical domain
- Quva: what a spinout changes
- What we learned building through a downturn
- The ventures we decided not to build
- How our process changed after the first exit