Our Investor-Advisors get to work with our startups through an “advisory-at-scale” model that helps them to gain access to very early-stage deals that become derisked through the mentorship, resources, and program that our community provides.
Unlike other accelerators, our Investor-Advisors get to foster strong relationships with our handpicked startups before making their investment decisions. We scale this process by utilizing the entire community of IAs to vet any particular startup’s prospects, and maximize our capital input by using our internal angel group, The Batchery Angels, to roll-up our IAs individual investments into a single and more substantial placement.
The result is a differentiated investment pipeline that helps offset the risk of seed and pre-seed stage investing and maximizes the outcomes of early-stage deals, thereby increasing our Investor-Advisors ROI and forming lasting and meaningful relationships in the process.
The Management Team guides the development of the Batchery. We are relaxed, professional experts working to mentor your success based on your own motivations.
The Batchery Investor Advisors are a community of high-experience, high net-worth professionals who draw from a variety of executive positions and industries. Their deep backgrounds in all facets of business management combine into a collective experience pool that the Batchery deploys to develop our startups as well as our own organization.
The Batchery Angels is the investment vehicle through which many of our startups receive funding. All of the Batchery Investor Advisors are accredited and active startup investors, and most choose to invest in Batchery startups through this internal angel group. This group allows the IAs to combine their individual placements and make the process simpler and more effective for investors and startups alike.
Only Batchery Investor Advisors can place through the Batchery Angels, and only
participating Batchery startups are eligible to receive funding through this group.
After spending over 25 years teaching Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley, consulting with numerous companies from small to large, and co-founding a successful software startup, I missed the opportunity to work with young entrepreneurs with the passion to change the future. As a Batchery IA, I have learned about new and interesting businesses and worked with smart and aggressive young people who are developing innovative new technologies and business.
As a former serial entrepreneur and Fortune 500 executive, when I made the decision to leave corporate America to dedicate myself once again to startups, it was a natural decision to join a group like Batchery to work with the member companies. At this stage of my career, I’m thrilled to be able to advise and leverage my vast network to the benefit of the many creative, innovative Batchery entrepreneurs.
Batchery engages early stage investors in a unique model that allows them to gain access to very early-stage deals that offer the best terms, while simultaneously derisking those deals through our community, resources, and process.
Batchery startups are in a curated ecosystem – one that includes Batchery investors, Batchery advisors, and Batchery entrepreneurs. All of them have a stake in your success. All of them will share what they know, look for ways to help you get it right, and if they have to, pull your jeep out of the mud.
