At Levensohn Venture Partners, we define the venture capital life cycle in three stages: seed/start-up, early stage and expansion/late stage. LVP invests in companies as they reach initial revenue, or early commercialization, which is typically in the latter half of the early stage.

Working with companies in this early commercialization period fits the unique characteristics of our team, which includes investment professionals with decades of collective experience analyzing businesses and making strategic recommendations.

Partnering With Entrepreneurs

Levensohn Venture Partners is a selective investor, generally making only three to four investments per year. This strategy allows LVP to spend significant time with each portfolio company and to take an active role in helping to develop the company.

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. For example, we may get 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.