Vertical Venture Partners

Our sole mission is to generate outstanding returns for our investors who entrust us with their capital and, in so doing, create wealth for the founders and employees of the companies we back. As long as we do this in a way that is consistent with our values, nothing else matters.

We believe understanding is more powerful than knowledge alone, especially when born from effort, pain, and struggle. We believe in healthy scar tissue and lessons learned from a founder’s experiences. We believe that unique insights into product opportunities come from founders who have lived the problem they are setting out to solve. We look for founders who have become “native guides” on the path to solving those problems for customers. We also believe that successful execution requires focus, so while there is no recipe for what makes a successful founder, we have found that we align best with founders possessing a strong desire to build and a deep understanding of a specific industry vertical.