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VAST seeks to partner with women entrepreneurs in growth businesses where we can help build leading companies with sustainable competitive advantages. We strive to build a true partnership with our entrepreneurs by contributing operational and financial expertise in addition to investment capital.
Investment Philosophy
We are focused on the VAST opportunity for women–owned, led, and run businesses and the segment’s need for ready access to capital, knowledge, and expertise to grow and prosper.
- We believe that successful companies share core business fundamentals that are all rooted in the leadership of passionate and committed management teams. We seek to find and foster that in all of our investments.
- We believe successful investing is a function of the quality of the partnership between the management team and the investors. We seek to strengthen that partnership by contributing substantial time and resources in addition to capital.
- We believe in ‘inflection point investing’ to maximize the value of capital deployed. We seek opportunities where capital can be deployed effectively to accelerate growth to a level that could not be achieved organically.
Core Values
- Collectively, our investment team has built dozen of successful businesses in the capacity of entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital investors and investment bankers.
- We know how to lead and work with women entrepreneurs.
- We share a deep knowledge of, and respect for, the capabilities of women business leaders.
- We have years of experience in the women’s business community.
- We believe our investment strategy should complement a company’s and entrepreneur’s goals and we strive to form partnerships that drive mutual success.
- We offer authentic value-add resources and expertise as seasoned business leaders.
- We are passionate about what we do and the people we work with.
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