InsurTech Magazine May 2022 | Page 28

Structurally Advantaged Venture Capital Delivering Acceleration and Realisation
DISTRIBUTED VENTURES
Structurally Advantaged Venture Capital Delivering Acceleration and Realisation

Distributed Ventures is on a mission : to find , fund , and collaborate with visionary entrepreneurs , while combining the powerful vantage point of its strategic LPs , e . g ., diversified insurance broker NFP . Shawn Ellis , Managing Partner of Distributed Ventures and operator of its venture investing team , says : " Across our Partner group , we ' ve all operated in various capacities ourselves . We ' ve been in companies from a very early stage to very mature , and we ' ve seen a variety of relevant fact patterns as a result ."

In addition to its human capital , Distributed Ventures ' strategy of targeting very early-stage companies is another one of its differentiators . " We like to work with companies in the early innings of their journey . We ' ll target late seed and Series A investments and , in collaboration with our strategic LPs , help to materially accelerate our portfolio companies ’ momentum . It ’ s highly unusual to collaborate as closely as we do with our strategic LPs in support of our portfolio companies . This DNA is embedded in our fund , given that the investment team at Distributed Ventures spun from NFP Ventures , our prior fund , with the full support of NFP . This early partnership with NFP has been a key source of differentiation and advantage , and NFP has been a terrific partner to position Distributed Ventures for success for years to come ."
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