VC Partnership Services for Venture Capital Firms
Novos Ventures partners with venture capital firms to strengthen deal flow, accelerate due diligence, and drive portfolio value creation by supporting investable founders from early validation through growth. This VC partner model helps funds source high-quality startups, evaluate opportunities faster, and improve outcomes across portfolio companies through practical operator-led support.
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Curated Deal Flow & Founder Sourcing
Access a curated pipeline of investable founders aligned to your VC thesis (sector, stage, and geography), with warm introductions and thematic startup scouting. This service is designed to help venture capital firms discover differentiated opportunities earlier and maintain consistent top-of-funnel deal sourcing.
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Startup Screening & Investment Due Diligence
Novos Ventures supports venture capital due diligence with structured startup screening, commercial validation, and founder readiness assessments. The goal is to help VC teams reduce evaluation time, identify key risks sooner, and make higher-conviction investment decisions.
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Portfolio Value Creation & Venture Partner Support
Provide hands-on portfolio support to help founders execute: go-to-market strategy, sales motion, partnerships, and operating cadence. This venture partner approach complements a VC platform function by focusing on practical execution support that improves portfolio performance.
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Talent & Operator Network for Portfolio Companies
Help portfolio companies hire critical early and growth-stage talent by leveraging a targeted talent pipeline and operator network. This service supports venture capital firms looking to improve post-investment support through faster access to proven builders and functional experts.
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Follow-on Fundraising & Growth Readiness
Support portfolio companies with fundraising preparation—investor narrative, metrics readiness, and data room organization—so they are prepared for follow-on rounds. This improves the efficiency of follow-on fundraising and helps venture capital firms protect and grow ownership in their strongest performers.
Novos Ventures supports VCs
sourcing, diligence, portfolio value.
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Early-Stage VC Firms (Pre-seed to Series A)
We support venture capital firms investing at pre-seed, seed, and Series A by delivering thesis-aligned founder sourcing and structured screening so partners can move from first look to conviction faster.
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Sector-Focused & Thesis-Driven Funds
We partner with thesis-led VC firms and align scouting, screening, and portfolio support to your mandate.(e.g., B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, climate, health).
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Geography-Targeted Investors (Local to Global)
We support venture capital firms investing in specific regions or across multiple markets by tailoring deal flow and introductions to the geographies you prioritise.
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Portfolio-Value Creation Oriented VC Teams
We partner with VC firms that actively support founders post-investment and want an execution-focused extension of their platform—especially across GTM, hiring, and partnerships.
Our Investor & Global Network
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25+
Engage with 25+ single and multi–global family offices.
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15+
15+ corporate venture capital firms, mapped across 70+ CVCs.
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550+
Access 550+ European VC firms and a map of 6,500+ global VCs.
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EIS
Connect with active UK EIS, SEIS, and VCT investors.
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40+ Grants
Tap into local grant opportunities across Europe, the UK, and North America.
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5+ EDOs
Collaborate with leading economic development organisations to drive growth.
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Secure
Use an extensive platform with a secure data room for controlled sharing.
From intake to impact
How Engagement Works
Novos Ventures follows a simple, repeatable engagement model—intake, sourcing & diligence, portfolio support, and a consistent reporting cadence—so VC partners know exactly what happens, when it happens, and what outputs to expect.
- Partnership Intake & Alignment
- Deal Flow, Screening & Diligence Support
- Portfolio Support & Value Creation
- Reporting Cadence & Continuous Improvement
FAQs for VC Partners
Common models include deal-flow partner (curated sourcing), diligence support (screening + investment-ready briefs), portfolio value creation (operator support), or a combined retainer covering all three.
Typically 3–7 days to align on thesis, stage, check size, sectors, geography, and “must-have” filters, then sourcing and screening begins immediately after.
Most partners see the first curated opportunities within 2–4 weeks, depending on how narrow the thesis is and the stage/sector constraints.
Startups are screened for thesis fit, founder quality, problem clarity, market potential, early traction (where relevant), and execution readiness; only companies that match agreed filters are shared.
Yes—typically a concise opportunity brief covering market, product, traction, GTM, team, key risks, and recommended next diligence steps, so partners can evaluate faster.
We treat pitch materials and discussions as confidential and can operate under an NDA if required before sharing sensitive information.
We agree conflict rules upfront (e.g., no sharing the same opportunity with competing funds in the same stage/geo/sector window) and disclose any existing relationships before introductions.
Only if agreed in advance; otherwise, opportunities are shared according to the exclusivity and conflict terms defined in the partnership.
Hands-on founder support typically includes GTM acceleration, hiring support, partnership introductions, operating cadence, and targeted problem-solving with operators.
A simple cadence is agreed upfront (weekly/bi-weekly/monthly) with updates on pipeline activity, decisions, active diligence support, and portfolio engagements.
Typical metrics include qualified opportunities introduced, conversion to partner meetings, diligence-to-term-sheet rate, time-to-decision improvements, and portfolio milestones achieved.
A clear thesis, fast feedback on shared opportunities, and a single point of contact for intake, decisions, and scheduling—so iteration stays tight and sourcing improves over time.
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