Overview | Venture Capital as a Service

VCaaS プロセス

Problem:

Investors increasingly require a turnkey innovation investment model that achieves both financial and strategic outcomes – yet neither existing option serves these needs well.

Conventional VC focuses solely on financial performance, leaving many critical sectors and early-stage technologies without the long horizons, sector expertise, or strategic alignment they need to scale.
Consultants, meanwhile, clarify strategic priorities but cannot invest or take risk - creating a separation between strategy and execution.
This innovation investment gap is a significant challenge for government organizations, industry groups, corporates, universities and research institutes. It leaves them without a mechanism to advance the innovations essential to their long-term strategic goals..
As a result, high-priority sectors remain underfunded, early-stage technologies stall, and institutions are unable to deliver the innovation outcomes for which they are accountable.

VCaaS プロセス

Solution:

Artesian bridges the innovation investment gap with Integrated VC as a Service (VCaaS) - a turnkey venture solution for strategic investors.

We combine the financial discipline of VC practitioners with the strategic alignment of consultants, delivered through customised, sole-LP VC funds tailored to each partner’s objectives.

Our turnkey VCaaS solution provides:

global deal sourcing
expert investment management
institutional-grade administration
full flexibility across sector, stage, geography, structure

VCaaS enables partners to:

shape investment strategy
participate in committees
leverage networks, expertise & distribution channels

Integrated VC delivers both financial returns and strategic impact - while supporting startups underserved by traditional VC.

VCaaS プロセス

Governments & Supranationals

Sovereign Capabilities

& Risk Mitigation

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Economic Development: To access the financial and strategic returns of the innovation ecosystem a collaborative, scalable & systematised approach to early-stage investment is required

Strategic Industry Growth: Develop key industries, such as AI & Robotics, Agrifood, Healthcare that are critical for national growth/security.

Public-Private Partnerships: Leverage private expertise and capital to achieve public policy goals.

Innovation & Technology Advancement: Invest in cutting-edge technologies, ensuring that the nation stays competitive on a global scale.

Risk Mitigation: Outsourcing VC activities reduces risks associated with direct government investment in startups & innovation projects.

Corporations & Industry Groups

Distributed R&D

+ M&A Pipeline

VCああS

Innovation Pipeline: Gain early access to innovative startups and technologies that align with strategic goals.

Market Expansion: Invest in new markets or technologies without diverting significant internal resources.

Strategic Alliances: Form strategic partnerships with startups, fostering innovation within their industries.

Diversification of R&D: Diversify T&D efforts by investing in a broad portfolio of startups.

Financial Returns: Generate financial returns on their investments, complementing their core business activities.

Kickstarts, or Complements Existing, CVC: Increase pipeline, expand footprint & mitigate headline risk.

Universities & Research Institutes

Commercialization & Entrepreneurship

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Commercialize Research: Commercialize innovations and IP, turning academic research into profitable ventures.

Bridge Funding Gap: Between research and market-ready products, helping projects reach the market faster.

Industry Collaboration: Facilitate partnerships with industry, align academic research / market needs and attract corporate partners.

Innovation Ecosystem Development: Foster local innovation ecosystem, attracting startups, investors, and talent.

Long-Term Financial Sustainability: Build evergreen, recyclable returns to fund future research & commercialization.

Institutional Investors

Bespoke Mandates & Co-Invest Opportunities

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Manage Co-Investments: An outsourced solution to optimize co-investment opportunities generated by VC/PE portfolio firms.

Aggregate Emerging Managers: Alternative to Fund of Funds solution providing greater access/control of mandate.

Scalability: Allows institutional investors to scale their VC activities without the need for extensive in-house resources or expertise.

Alignment with Strategic Goals: Institutional investors can establish bespoke mandates to address particular portfolio requirements.

Family

Offices

Intergenerational Transfer & Values Alignment

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Maintain Control: Invest in high-risk, high-reward venture capital opportunities., while maintaining control of mandate/ investments.

Access to Expertise & Deal Flow: Gain access to VC expertise and deal flow that they might not have in-house.

Alignment with Family Values: Bespoke mandates with investment control aligned with philanthropic goals or values, such as sustainability or social impact.

Intergenerational Transfer: VCaaS can involve younger family members in managing and growing the family’s assets, helping them learn about venture capital and entrepreneurship from a professional team until ready to manage independently.

問題、課題、解決策

Artesian’s VCaaS model enables strategic investors to access, engage with, and extract value from the startup ecosystem through a structured, end-to-end investment process. We act as an extension of your team, combining VC expertise & operational rigor.

A typical engagement involves co-developing the investment strategy, implementing a tailored operating model, sourcing and evaluating deals, facilitating investment decisions, and supporting both the investor & startups throughout the lifecycle.