Our newest episode of Built Not Born is LIVE! 🎙️🎧 In this episode, podcast host, Sage Nye, sits down with Miguel Navarro, Head of Applied Emerging Technologies at KeyBank to discuss why startup founders should obsess over building genuine customer relationships, not just chasing numbers. He explains how cultivating a handful of meaningful connections can outlast the traditional sales funnel and create long-term growth, even as roles and companies change. Throughout this episode, Miguel also challenges founders to ask the hard questions: Are you building your company for money, or because you’re truly passionate about it? A job may tire you out, but passion energizes you nonstop. Tune in for practical insights on building meaningful companies and scaling with passion and purpose. Listen to the full episode now! Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eQeEYBku Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ezGpXjtK Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eP88MRUA PS: Happy belated birthday, Miguel!
Venture Guides
Investment Management
Boston, Massachusetts 3,426 followers
Great companies are built not born.
About us
Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm with a unique team based approach that has resulted in over 80% of portfolio companies generating positive returns and 45% ultimately achieving unicorn status. The Venture Guides team has been recognized on the Forbes’ Midas List of the World’s Top Investors and the Inc5000 fastest growing private companies 6 times each. During this time, as operators and investors, the team has created and/or invested in such durable companies as dynaTrace, Docusign, LinkedIn, Rapid7, Solarwinds, Sysdig, Turbonomic, Archer Technologies, and many others. Venture Guides’ deep domain expertise, industry relationships and strategic introductions provide a significant advantage for founders building their companies. Venture Guides’ concentrated portfolio strategy ensures all entrepreneurs receive the right guidance at the right time to enhance and sustain their growth. https://www.ventureguides.com/guided-companies
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www.ventureguides.com
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- 2023
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Ben Holzman
Venture Guide & Software Investor
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Advisor at Rokt; Principal at Carbon Century Consulting; Partner at Techquity; Venture Partner at Companyon Ventures; Advisor and LP at Venture…
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Building the Future of AI Infrastructure | Investor | ex-NVIDIA | Founder, StackPointCloud | Pioneer of the Kubernetes Communities | Cloud Native…
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Once you’ve defined your Ideal Customer Profile, refined your messaging, and assigned accounts, the next challenge is to build repeatable, measurable systems for generating qualified demand. The startups that build durable demand engines share one habit: they treat Routes to Market as a living system that is constantly instrumented, measured and refined. In the latest post from the Venture Guides GTM ACCELERATION series, our team breaks down which routes to market are most effective for early-stage startups. 👉 Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eEKmBDPH
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Our newest episode of Built Not Born is LIVE! In this episode, podcast host, Sage Nye, sits down with Andrios Robert, Founder and CEO of hoop.dev, to explore his journey from engineer to security startup leader. Andrios shares how firsthand frustrations with infrastructure bottlenecks sparked Hoop.dev’s creation, eliminating VPNs and shared credentials. He reflects on navigating early pivots, securing product-market fit, and targeting enterprise customers effectively. Listeners will gain insights into building high-performance hybrid teams, balancing culture across remote and in-office setups, and why selecting investors goes beyond chasing the highest valuation. Listen to the full episode now! Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/ehnv_ce7 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ekXUErnW YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eT8jY--9
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We are thrilled to welcome hoop.dev to the Venture Guides portfolio! Hoop.dev is redefining secure access: automating approvals, masking sensitive data, and embedding compliance into every workflow, so the fastest path is also now the safest one. We look forward to partnering with Andrios Robert and the entire hoop.dev team to accelerate growth and optimize application delivery for developers, security, and AI.
hoop.dev, the Most Granular and Fastest Secure Access Platform, Raises Seed Round from Venture Guides and Y Combinator to Optimize Application Delivery for Developers, Security, and AI Link to Article in the First Comment
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Higher throughput, lower latency, better GPU memory utilization. The vLLM ecosystem rocks
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting the Boston vLLM meetup with Red Hat to bring together vLLM users and contributors to explore the latest with vLLM and advancements in inference optimization. The event was filled with insightful technical talks, a live demo and great networking connecting members from across our diverse community of AI/ML developers. This is just the beginning and we’re excited to keep building momentum with more events that showcase the best in open-source innovation. Saša Zelenović Addie Stevens Murphy Vandervelde Nico Herden Anton Simunovic
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Last week we had the pleasure of hosting the Boston vLLM meetup with Red Hat to bring together vLLM users and contributors to explore the latest with vLLM and advancements in inference optimization. The event was filled with insightful technical talks, a live demo and great networking connecting members from across our diverse community of AI/ML developers. This is just the beginning and we’re excited to keep building momentum with more events that showcase the best in open-source innovation. Saša Zelenović Addie Stevens Murphy Vandervelde Nico Herden Anton Simunovic
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We are thrilled to welcome Ray Security to the Venture Guides portfolio! Looking forward to building with you Ariel Zamir, Dekel Levkovich and Eric Wolf 🚀
Ray Security is out of stealth! Ray Security was built by an amazing team of people who believed there had to be a better way to protect data. Our vision is simple: security should adapt to reality. Together, we have created the first predictive data security platform, one that adapts to reality. Two years ago, our founders Ariel Zamir, Dekel Levkovich and Eric Wolf kept hearing the same thing from security leaders: “We protect our data, but we have no idea how it is used and which of it actually matters.” That frustration became our mission. Instead of protecting data based on assumptions, we predict which data will actually be used and secure it before threats arise. The outcome: enterprises reduce their exposure by up to 90% while giving security teams clarity and control. None of this would have happened without our incredible team who believed in building something different and worked relentlessly night and day, our early customers and partners who trusted us, of course our investors Venture Guides, Ibex Investors, TeClub, and iAngels who believed in this mission from the start. This is just the beginning. If you’re a CISO, security leader, or partner who wants to rethink how data security works, talk to us! Check out our launch announcement >> https://lnkd.in/d_zDZPZk TJ (Tsion) Gonen Adi Dangot Zukovsky Justin Borus Ben Holzman Nishkam Prabodh Mor Assia Ben Savir Ben Wattelman Guy Leibovitz Allen Stein Stav Erez Zohar Levkovitz #RaySecurity #PredictiveDataSecurity #cybersecurity #infosec #Datasecurity #Launch #startups
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Our newest episode of Built Not Born is LIVE! 🎧 Podcast host, Sage Nye, sits down with Najaf Husain, four-time founder and CEO of Elastio, to unpack how startups can stay relentlessly customer-focused while pushing the boundaries of innovation. With over 25 years of experience in building software companies, Naj shares hard-earned lessons on building defensible IP, validating ideal customer profiles, and navigating investor dynamics. Whether you're scaling in cybersecurity or any tech field, this episode offers strategic insights on scaling with purpose, transparency, and a deep customer connection. Listen to the full episode now: Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eCciAdDt Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eyhSRBaz
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Equipping sales teams with a well-crafted account list is critical to any high-performing enterprise sales motion. Rather than casting a wide net, effective revenue teams are embracing a more deliberate approach: targeting high-fit accounts with precision and intention. In the latest post from the Venture Guides GTM ACCELERATION series, Nishkam Prabodh and team break down which account ownership models and guardrails are most effective for early-stage startups. Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eUrM-wGZ
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For early-stage startups, learning value-driven messaging that resonates with your ICP is a critical accelerator. In the latest post from the Venture Guides GTM ACCELERATION series, Brian Bakstran and team break down how to craft effective messaging that is emotionally charged, outcome-focused and deeply aligned to the ICP. Read the full blog here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eekEng6S
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