Thompson
Clive Venture Capital
Thompson Clive Venture
Philosophy
Thompson
Clive’s investment philosophy is a combination of four
factors: international perspective, being selective and focused,
partnering with the entrepreneur and adding value to the portfolio
companies.
International
Perspective
More
companies must face international expansion much earlier than
before. Thompson Clive’s international perspective with
offices in London, San Francisco and the Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs
who desire to expand their business overseas. The Thompson
Clive partners have extensive international experience, which
has proven to be very beneficial to our entrepreneurs.
Being
Selective and Focused
Thompson Clive has always taken the approach of keeping our
funds at a manageable size so as to not create the potentially
harmful pressure to invest for the sake of investing. This
allows them to make fewer investments and, consequently, to
be able to spend more time with our entrepreneurs. Thompson
Clive also maintain a strict focus on our investment criteria.
This focus allows the partners to build a domain expertise
that can be leveraged by their entrepreneurs.
Partnering
with the Entrepreneur
The Thompson Clive partners spend a significant portion of
their time helping their portfolio companies grow. To the
partners of Thompson Clive, the entrepreneur is the driving
force of creating and building a company and it is their job
to help them accomplish that goal. Thompson Clive strive to
work closely with their entrepreneurs and to develop strong,
honest relationships that can help the portfolio company grow
even during difficult times. These relationships are the means
by which they add value to the company.
Adding
Value to the Portfolio Companies
Through
this active partnership, the entrepreneur can access and leverage
their extensive operational and international experience to
facilitate growth. The partners have many years of operational
experience in sales, marketing, operations and finance. Having
helped build numerous successful companies, the partners have
the knowledge and experience to complement and augment the
entrepreneur. In addition to the partners’ expertise,
the firm has a network of industry contacts that help the
portfolio company in recruiting, partnering and refining a
business strategy, just to name a few. Their goal is to contribute
more than money to the entrepreneur.
For
further information on Thompson Clive Venture Capital visit
the Thompson Clive website.
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