The Venture Company :: Introduction

Not Innovation Is Dead

More than 80% of the world's population still has no access to meaningful technology applications. With continued strong consumer appetite not our ability to innovate should be challenged, but the role of Venture Capital unable to spawn social economic value and unable to yield attractive returns.

But Stale Venture Capital Is

The arbitrage deployed by a 40-year old Venture model is simply incompatible with finding and governing disruptive innovation. That is the real reason why Venture has not, and unchanged will not produce the returns it promises. It is time for fundamental change.
A rewarding new future of Venture investing lies ahead for those investors who leave subprime Venture behind and convert to prime systemically.
Re-invented today, our proprietary economic model changes Venture to its core. Contact us by phone or e-mail to learn more about a modern and more appropriate deployment of investment risk.
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      John Hauser
      "Having bootstrapped to success three ventures with exit from sale and one IPO, I agree with you."

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      "Great Article. Really Outstanding Vision of The Industry. You should be running things in Washington, DC."

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