One portfolio company runs a 60-day Pilot at 25% off. Your firm gets aggregated benchmarks for that stage and market. Optional: a firm-hosted show with your portfolio's buyers as guests.
Our VC portfolio support services give one portfolio company a 60-day Pilot at 25% off, and give the firm aggregated benchmarks to share across the portfolio.
One pilot, two readers.
Standard client onboarding, up to the first review. Nothing cut to fit.
ICP workshop, guest criteria, show name and format, host prep.
40 invite mailboxes warm on separate domains. We research 300 guests and write sequences for founder approval.
Sent under the founder's name at low daily volume, then ramped.
Pre-interviews scored before host time is spent. Weekly reports start.
Pipeline review with the founder. Benchmark report to the firm.
Founder time: workshop and prep in week one, then ~2 hours a week once recording starts.
Two views on the pilot. A third fills in as more portcos join.
| metric | portco_a | series a median |
|---|---|---|
| invitations sent | 96 | 104 |
| acceptance | 36% | 34% |
| accepted → qualified | 43% | 41% |
| first recording | day 24 | day 25 |
| recorded by day 60 | 7 | 6 |
| opportunities | 2 | 2 |
Read: CTOs accept most. CIO invitations get rewritten before the next wave.
| company | program | opps |
|---|---|---|
| portco_aseries a · fintech infra | Pilot → Engine | 5 |
| portco_bseries b · data platform | Engine · month 4 | 9 |
| portco_cseed · devtools | Launch Sprint, self-run | 1 |
| portco_dseed · consumer app | fit screen: not a fit (B2C) | — |
Guests are the executives your portfolio sells to: CIOs, CFOs and heads of engineering.
Few buyers turn down a fund asking for their view.
With the guest's OK, matched founders get an intro plus the pre-interview notes.
Every guest becomes a platform relationship.
Portfolio founders raising their next round can host investors instead of pitching them. See founders raising a round →
design partners signed from 18 episodes at a seed-stage devtools company. First paid pilot in week 6.
investors hosted by a pre-seed AI founder. Round filled in 7 weeks, 4 term sheets.
of a referred client's first-year fees. One company at a time, paid monthly, no cap.
Nothing starts without the founder's yes.
Two short steps, about two minutes.
We confirm and ask for a founder intro.
Buyer list, contract value, host time. A guest forecast follows within 72 hours.
Invitations go live on day 18.
Same fit bar as any client: B2B, $15k+ first-year contract value, VP-level buyers. Run the fit check or read the fit FAQ.
The portfolio company: $2,925 a month for 60 days, plus the standard $1,500 setup, credited if they upgrade within 90 days.
The benchmark report: the pilot's funnel against anonymized peers and acceptance by buyer title. Guest names, notes and CRM data stay with the founder unless they sign off.
You hear why after the fit call, for example a contract value under $15k or no available host. Then nominate another.
Not as a first step. The pilot shows which buyer titles accept, and that sets the show's guest list.
The 25% pilot is one company per firm. Others can start at list price, and their numbers join your roll-up.
Two-minute nomination. Benchmark readout on day 60.