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handshake's Capital Industry Experience & Specialties

Experience: Venture Capital Evaluations

Specialties:

  • Venture prototype target definitions
  • Venture marketing strategies and sales plans evaluations
    • Identifying concept viability, market potential/sizing, etc.
  • Future "markets" performance indicators and predictors

Results:

  • Higher success rate of start-up ventures
  • Avoided losses that would otherwise have resulted
  • Better strategy/direction ensured new venture success
  • The ability to plan, manage, control, and increase revenues of start-up ventures

Capital Industry Marketing Case Studies

Case Study #1: Testimonial from VantagePoint Venture Partners

VantagePoint Venture Partners was the first VC firm to pilot handshake's enhanced capital evaluation approach. We saw that handshake's expertise was a great fit for evaluating market and sales risks.

Specifically, handshake provided a precise definition of consumers most likely to drive forecasted sales, how many were likely to buy in the near term versus long term, whether or not the sales channels could deliver to their sales expectations, recommended marketing strategy changes to improve chances of venture success, provided an in-depth picture of the competitive landscape which impacted our assessment of the value proposition, offered constructive business model input and a complete set of metrics needed to update our forecasts.

The end evaluation product from handshake far exceeded our expectations in terms of analysis/insights and helped to inform our investment process. In addition, handshake's method and style of communications working with our firm and the prospective venture were carefully thought through and diligently followed. Overall, the evaluation process was objective, fair, and unobtrusive to all involved.

VantagePoint Venture Partners, San Bruno, CA
SBC -- Canada

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