APPROACH
We Back People Who Want to Change the World
We are inspired by people of vision and courage, eager to take their innovative thinking and craft it into the next big, industry-changing company.
- ABOUT CRV
- OUR APPROACH
- OUR CORE VALUES
- CRV NETWORK
Opening the Doors that Lead to Success
The best idea in the world goes nowhere unless someone drives it forward — and people get behind it.
Turning an established market on its ear means winning a huge groundswell of support, especially from the people in the know. In this regard, Charles River Ventures offers its portfolio companies an asset worth more than money.
As a result of our decades of involvement in the very markets our startups seek to master, we are well connected with the visionaries, influencers and decision makers who will shape emerging markets, and define the winners in those markets.
It is from this elite pool that our startups find the key executives that will bring their vision to reality. Where they will create strategic partnerships. Win benchmark customers. Choose board members and advisors.
There is no GPS for the road to success. But we offer the next best thing.
The CRV Network in Action
Making connections for our portfolio companies is one of our most important tasks. In addition to the course-of-business introductions, we make special efforts to keep our network of affiliates actively connected. Some recent activities include:
Kiteboarding Clinic: Every spring we convene a group of VCs and entrepreneurs
to hit the waves of Maui…
Check it out at www.maitaisports.com
Executive Roundtable Dinners: We think it’s a good idea to step out of the
day-to-day once in a while, and just have dinner with some of the executives from
both inside and outside our portfolio…
CRV Leadership Summits: Two-day offsites with our portfolio CEOs and founders,
where we discuss priorities for innovation, explore where emerging technologies
are headed, and share growth strategies… - WHAT WE LOOK FOR
