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[Company] Thinktiv Thinktiventures invests expert human capital in the best venture acceleration opportunities [In more detail] In early-stage investing, expertise is the new currency. In competitive marketsmoving at warp speed, investment capital alone isn’t enough to win. Your investors need to be actively removing the obstacles to your success, or they are simply slowing you down. This trend is evident in the rise of value-added incubators and “super angel” investment funds, whose investment dollars are often far less valuable than the mentorship and exposure they provide. [Principals] Jonathan Berkowitz Steve Waters [Differentiators] 
Expert human capital creates leverage for startups – the ability to acquire and grow tremendous equity positions without paying full price up front. When a startup invests $100,000 of capital to forcefully apply the right kind of expertise at the optimal time, that $100,000 can create $1 million or more in asset value. That’s what we call “venture acceleration” – focused investments in expert human capital that create non-linear outcomes. For startups, it makes the best things happen faster, reduces overall capital requirements, and maximizes equity upside potential for management teams and early investors. That is the essence of Thinktiventures.
April | 2011 | Austin Center for Design
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