We believe venture-backed companies can be incredible investments and should make up a part of a savings portfolio. This is because historically they are one of the highest returning asset classes, can provide intangible benefits and are one of the most rewarding investments you can make. But despite the potential, most LPs & Angels achieve poor-returns, there are some golden rules that are often overlooked:

1) Deal Diversification:

Generally, the more diverse your portfolio the better it will perform (see here), ideally 100+ companies as only a few of those will provide most of the returns (see here)

2) Deal Quality:

You need access to the top quartile of deals, if you miss the winners your returns will be average (see here)

3) Investment Process:

Hype is dangerous, leading to bad investment decisions (we've learnt this personally over the last 12 years) and don't miss deals with less known VCs (see here), they're able to pick the winners just as effectively

4) Leverage:

If you can achieve higher ownership with the same amount of capital, this will have a large impact on your return-rate

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We can achieve higher-returns by enabling LPs to build a diverse, passively growing portfolio of top-tier companies:

1) Invest

Each week, our investment panel reviews hundreds of venture-backed deals and picks 3 we believe will achieve the highest returns. We showcase these deals in ‘Deals of the Week’, which will become part of our index fund and we also enable ours LPs to invest directly (from $1k). We have a number of diligence layers (Lead VCs + Beyond Partners + Investment Panel) to ensure a structured Investment process is retained. We're able consistently access high-quality deals as we've structures our fund to provide tangible value to Companies (see how) & Founders (see how).

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2) Earn

We enable our LPs to leverage their network & expertise to obtain more ownership in higher-quality companies.

They can do this by:

i) Fulfilling Company Bounties:

‍From customer & hiring introductions, to detailed expertize, every company has key objectives that require access to a network and skillset outside their immediate team. You'll be able to earn carry, equity, cash & credits by achieving the success criteria outlined in the bounty, as well as building your own skillset & network (see more here). 

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ii) Referring Companies:

By referring promising companies that are raising a venture round (or plan to) and we'll include you in the upside. Earn 20% of our Carry and 10% commission on all of the Bounties the company creates or the founders fulfil in other company Bounties.

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iii) Referring LPs:

‍By referring LPs (Angels / Operators / Professionals) who are interested in investing their capital, time or network into high-growth, venture-backed companies and we'll include reward you. Earn 10-20% commission on the Bounties & Investments made from your referred LPs.

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iii) Credits:

Credits are used to identify how much value LPs have provided to the community and directly contribute to their 'Level' (higher levels provide first access to investments & bounties).

They are acquired by:

i) Referring companies (1,000)

ii) Referring LPs (200)

iii) Commission on Investments & Bounties from referred Companies & LPs (10%)

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3) Grow

We enable each LP to build and track their portfolio that grows passively, acquiring ownership in new companies via our index-fund (that each LP owns part of) and via commission on referrals. This passive growth is very powerful and forms part of a fly-wheel that helps build LP portfolios' to a sizeable value.

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4) Learn

We'll continually showcase the science and art of investing, using data & case studies from professional investors, so you can learn from the wins and losses.

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Disclosure: Investing in private companies can be very risky, only invest what you can afford to lose.