Navigating Strategic Shifts in Corporate VC Investments
For 83% of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms, investments are driven primarily by strategic goals. However, when corporate strategies evolve, parent organizations may deprioritize these investments, leaving portfolio companies unsupported—despite ongoing commercial and technological collaborations.
FreeRun Ventures: A Tailored Solution
FreeRun Ventures specializes in addressing the challenges of these so-called CVC "orphans." We provide customized, discreet, and innovative solutions to help CVCs exit investments gracefully, enabling the efficient redeployment of returned capital.
Added Value for Strategic Partners
Beyond exits, we offer flexible financial structures that allow our CVC partners to benefit from potential future strategic and financial upside.
CVC SECONDARY FOCUS
FreeRun Ventures is a Silicon Valley secondary VC/PE fund focused on partnering with corporate VCs to provide liquidity for their investments which may no longer be strategic.
WE KNOW CVCs
With decades of CVC innovation experience, we pioneered CVC best practices, strategic investments, innovation and growth tenets while delivering leading financial returns for some of the most innovative global corporations.
OPERATING EXPERIENCE
FreeRun Ventures also brings broad PE, Venture Capital and operating experience ranging from deep-tech startups to the world's global enterprises.
WIN FOR ALL
We believe in optimizing outcomes for ALL of our stakeholders:
Investors / LPs, CVC and their Corporate Parents and the true heroes- entrepreneurs.
ACTIVE INVESTORS
We are active participants in BOTH secondary investment and follow-on business growth. We pride ourselves as active partners who add tangible value to portfolio companies and provide personalized and transparent financial and operating services as capital managers, investors, allies and advisors.
DIVERSIFICATION
Best investors diversify. Our investment thesis is based on growth stage venture backed companies across deeptech verticals like AI, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Robotics, Mobility, SpaceTech, FinTech Healthtech and Decarbonization.
EFFICIENCY AND DISCRETION
Our goal is to provide a quick, smooth and discrete transition for all our stakeholder and become a strategic and financial partner.
"Free run" is a winemaking term and it refers to the juice that naturally flows from freshly crushed grapes before any mechanical pressing. This juice is released under the grapes' own weight and is highly valued for its purity and gentle extraction.
Free run juice is often considered superior because it has lower levels of tannins and other harsher compounds that can be extracted during pressing. It typically results in wines that are softer, more delicate, and aromatic. Many winemakers use free run juice exclusively for premium wines to highlight its exceptional quality and refined character.
Much like our founder's long family tradition in winemaking, our passion for achieving exceptional results is rooted in a gentle, thoughtful and nurturing long-term approach to delivering bespoke value for our partners and investors.
If you are a CVC exploring liquidity options for your non-strategic portfolio or a prospective LP interested in partnering with us, please reach out to us today.
Palo Alto, California, United States
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