At Levensohn Venture Partners, we have historically emphasized in early stage investments in best-in-class companies within our three focal technology sectors—Digital Media, Security, and Demand-Side CleanTech. We have also considered special investment opportunities in companies that have progressed beyond the early stage and where market, competitive, financial or other conditions allow LVP to play a significant role in re-positioning the company going forward.

Partnering With Entrepreneurs

At Levensohn Venture Partners we see many hundreds of business plans, but only have the ability to invest in a select few. This strategy allows LVP to spend significant time with each portfolio company and to take an active role in helping to make them successful.

We normally take a seat on the company’s Board of Directors and work to address strategic execution issues in partnership with our fellow board members, other investors and senior management. In most cases we are involved in helping the company reach out to more customers, build strategic partnerships with established industry players, manage a growing team of executives and employees, control expenses, and watch for significant new competitors or possible merger or acquisition candidates.

We will also provide LVP professional staff resources to our portfolio companies, as needed. It is not uncommon for an LVP professional to spend 1-2 days per week, on a project basis, providing business development, finance, recruiting, strategic marketing or similar forms of assistance to a portfolio company. LVP’s network of partners extends our team’s reach, particularly in the area of organizational development, which allows LVP’s extended team to be active in building high performance management teams and boards in our portfolio of high growth companies.